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Severalimportantresearchprogramsarededicatedtothedevelopmentoffacilitiesbasedondeuteron accelerators.Indesigningthesefacilities,thedefinitionofavalidatedcomputationalapproachableto simulatedeuterontransportandevaluatedeuteroninteractionsandproductionofsecondaryparticles with acceptableprecisionisaveryimportantissue.CurrentMonteCarlocodes,suchasMCNPXor PHITS,whenappliedfordeuterontransportcalculationsusebuilt-insemi-analyticalmodelstodescribe deuteroninteractions.Thesemodelsarefoundunreliableinpredictingneutronandphotongenerated by lowenergydeuterons,typicallypresentinthosefacilities. We presentanewcomputationaltool,resultingfromanextensionoftheMCNPXcode,which improvesignificantlythetreatmentofproblemswhereanysecondaryproduct(neutrons,photons, tritons,etc.)generatedbylowenergydeuteronsreactionscouldplayamajorrole.Firstly,ithandles deuteronevaluateddatalibraries,whichallowdescribingbetterlowdeuteronenergyinteractions. Secondly,itincludesareductionvariancetechniqueforproductionofsecondaryparticlesbycharged particle-inducednuclearinteractions,whichallowreducingdrasticallythecomputingtimeneededin transportandnuclearresponsecalculations.Verificationofthecomputationaltoolissuccessfully achieved.Thistoolcanbeveryhelpfulinaddressingdesignissuessuchasselectionofthededicated neutronproductiontargetandacceleratorradioprotectionanalysis.Itcanbealsohelpfultotestthe deuteroncross-sectionsunderdevelopmentintheframeofdifferentinternationalnucleardata programs | |
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Título de la revista
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Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research |
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0168-9002 |
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A614 |
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323 |
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330 |
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