Monte Carlo simulation of pu-be, am-be and cf-252 neutrons backscattering from buried explosives in dry soil

Author

Elagib, I. ; Artoli, A.M. ; Habbani, F. ; Badawi, M.

Author_Institution

Phys. & Astron. Dept., Coll. of Sci. King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2013

fDate

20-22 Jan. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Two different geometrical arrangements of neutron source buried landmine and detector with and without carbon reflector were modeled. Monte Carlo calculation of elastically Backscattered (EBS) neutrons from hidden land-mines were conducted. The results obtained show that the sensitivity of elastically backscattered neutrons (EBS) for landmines detection strongly depends on the type of the source used and the presence or absence of a carbon reflector.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; americium; beryllium; californium; landmine detection; neutron spectroscopy; plutonium; ²⁵²Cf; Am-Be; Monte Carlo simulation; Pu-Be; buried explosives; buried landmine and detector; carbon reflector; dry soil; elastically Backscattered neutron; elastically backscattered neutron; hidden land mines were; landmines detection; neutron backscattering; neutron source; Carbon; Detectors; Educational institutions; Landmine detection; Monte Carlo methods; Neutrons; Soil; MCNP; land mine detection; neutron backscattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Applications Technology (ICCAT), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sousse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5284-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAT.2013.6522019

Filename

6522019