Abstract

Monte Carlo radiation transport simulations were used to calculate the positron stopping profiles in tungsten positron moderator foils. Stopping profiles were numerically integrated with efficiency kernels derived from Green's function solutions of the 3D diffusion equation to determine the moderation efficiency in both the backscattering and transmission geometries. Stopping profiles and efficiencies were calculated for positron energies from 10 keV to 10 MeV and incident angles from 0° to 75°. The resulting efficiencies agreed with other calculated and measured values in the literature, especially when similar values of the positron diffusion length and surface emission branching ratio were used. Large discrepancies with some of the values reported in the literature are mainly attributed to differences in foil manufacture and surface condition - factors which are known to greatly influence the diffusion length - as well as work function and branching ratios. This work provides tabulated efficiencies for tungsten foil moderators that can be interpolated and integrated with a positron flux having arbitrary energy and angular distributions.

Department(s)

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science

Keywords and Phrases

Diffusion; Electrons; Moderators; Monte Carlo methods; Tungsten, Diffusion length; Incident angles; Measured values; Positron diffusion; Radiation transport; Surface conditions; Surface emissions; Transmission geometries, Positrons

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0021-8979; 1089-7550

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

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© 2019 The Authors, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 May 2019

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