COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION ON ALPHA, PROTON, NEUTRON, AND GAMMA-RAY INTERACTION OF LaCl3:Yb CRYSTAL
Alpha, Proton, Neutron, and Gamma-ray Interaction of LaCl3:Yb Crystal
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55766/sujst9673Keywords:
LaCl3:Yb crystal, Monte Carlo simulation, Radiation shielding, SRIM code, WinXComAbstract
This study investigated the interaction of alpha, proton, neutron, and gamma with LaCl3:Yb crystal. These interaction of the LaCl3:Yb crystal were calculated by approaches using TRIM/SRIM code, WinXCom program and Monte Carlo simulation. The parameters, including the total atomic cross-section ( ), effective atomic number (Zeff), effective electron density (Neff), half-value layer (HVL), mean free path (MFP), total mass stopping power (TMSP) and projected range (PR) are shown graphically with energy function. The simulation results show that the photon interaction parameters obtained by FLUKA and WinXCom programs are in good agreement. The results revealed that the variation of these parameters was changed with energy. The obtained results suggest using these crystal samples for various photon charged particle and neutron detection applications.
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