Re: [fluka-discuss]: Thermal peak in neutron spectrum

From: Santana, Mario <msantana_at_SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:57:59 +0000

Hi Felix,

Wouldn¹t Lethargy units displace the peak {dn/dE,E} which you are
comparing to?

-Mario

On 3/31/16, 2:44 AM, "owner-fluka-discuss_at_mi.infn.it on behalf of Felix"
<owner-fluka-discuss_at_mi.infn.it on behalf of felix.ernst.horst_at_lse.thm.de>
wrote:

>Dear FLUKA experts,
>
>I scored photoneutron spectra at several positions within a electron
>linac bunker and plotted them as normalized fluence per unit lethargy
>(see attachment). Position 1 lies directly beneath the source, position
>2 some meters away and position 3 within a maze.
>At about 80 meV a peak arises and i thought that it should correspond to
>the thermalized neutron energy (k*T), but wouldn't that indicate a
>moderator temperatur of about 650 degrees Celsius?
>I did not change any LOW-MAT properties in my input file, so i thought
>FLUKA would use the neutron cross section sets corresponding to room
>temperature (296 K), which should give a peak at about 25 meV instead.
>Are you able to understand this effect and are there any mistakes in my
>argumentation?
>
>Thank you in advance
>
>Best Regards
>
>Felix
>
>--
>Felix Horst, M.Sc.
>
>Institut für Medizinische Physik und Strahlenschutz (IMPS)
>Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
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>
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>

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