Re: neutron cut-off energy

From: Alberto Fasso' (fasso@SLAC.Stanford.EDU)
Date: Tue Jul 24 2007 - 11:15:52 CEST

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    Hi Mary,

    there are two neutron cut-offs in FLUKA. 1.960E-02GeV is the
    cut-off for high-energy neutrons, below which the special
    multigroup treatment starts. With the present version it cannot be
    changed: it could be changed only when using a different library
    for low-energy neutrons (one with a different maximum energy).
    This cut-off is changed with PART-THR, but only when allowed
    by the low-energy neutron library

    The second cut-off, which is changed with LOW-BIAS, is the
    real cut-off. It is not expressed in energy, but as a neutron
    group number. Look carefully in the output:

    The first cut-off is reported as follows:
        Cut-off kinetic energy for NEUTRON transport: 1.960E-02 GeV

    And the second cut-off as follows: (here the group cut-off has been set
    as 73 for regions 1 and 2 - which means no cut-off at all - and group 65
    in regions 3 and 4)

       Region Particle importances RR factor Cut off N.A. abs.
       number Fluka part. EM part. Low en. n. group group

            1 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 73 72
            2 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 73 72
            3 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 65 72
            4 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 65 72

    Here the group cut-off has been set as 73 for regions 1 and 2 - which means no
    cut-off at all - and group 65 in regions 3 and 4, which means
    7.3375E-09 GeV (see energy group structure in the Manual).

    Alberto

    On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, me@marychin.org wrote:

    > Hi.
    >
    > I need a lower neutron cut-off energy. The default 1.960E-02GeV is too high
    > for me. I tried changing LOW-BIAS and PART-THR but I still get 1.960E-02GeV.
    > Could someone please help?
    >
    > Many thanks,
    > mary
    >
    >

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