Validation of Nuclear Reaction Codes for Proton-Induced Radiation Effects: The Case for CEM03

Author

Sabra, M.S. ; Weller, Robert A. ; Mendenhall, Marcus H. ; Reed, Robert A. ; Clemens, Michael A. ; Barghouty, A.F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

Volume

58

Issue

6

fYear

2011

Firstpage

3134

Lastpage

3138

Abstract

Experimental cross-section data for the interaction of protons with Al, Co, and Au at intermediate energies are compared with the predictions of the nuclear reaction models CEM03, BIC, Bertini INC, and INCL-ABLA. Fission cross-section data for the interaction of protons with W and Au in the energy range 50 MeV-3 GeV are also compared with the considered models. The study reveals that all of the models are satisfactory in limited ranges. However, of these, the CEM03 code from Los Alamos exhibits the broadest applicability for radiation effects computations.

Keywords

fission; nuclear reaction theory; proton-nucleus reactions; Al(p,X); Au(p,X); BIC nuclear reaction model; Bertini INC nuclear reaction model; CEM03 nuclear reaction model; Co(p,X); INCL-ABLA nuclear reaction model; W(p,X); experimental cross section data; fission cross section data; interaction; nuclear reaction code validation; proton induced radiation effects; Cosmic rays; Data models; Predictive models; Protons; Radiation effects; Simulation; Fission reaction; Geant4; MRED; nuclear physics simulation; proton-induced reaction;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2011.2169989

Filename

6061929