Comparison of extended-range and conventional Bonner Sphere Spectrometers (BSS) in an AmBe neutron field – Applicability of the ReBUNKI unfolding code for extended-range BSS

Roberto García-Baonza; Alfredo Lorente; Sviatoslav Ibáñez; M. A.S. Lacerda; Igor A. Machado; Eduardo Gallego; Gonzalo F. García-Fernández; Lenin E. Cevallos-Robalino; Hector R. Vega-Carrillo

doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110647

Comparison of extended-range and conventional Bonner Sphere Spectrometers (BSS) in an AmBe neutron field – Applicability of the ReBUNKI unfolding code for extended-range BSS

Roberto García-Baonza
, Alfredo Lorente
, Sviatoslav Ibáñez
, M. A.S. Lacerda
, Igor A. Machado
, Eduardo Gallego
, Gonzalo F. García-Fernández
, Lenin E. Cevallos-Robalino
, Hector R. Vega-Carrillo

Research Group on Micro-Nanotechnology and Nuclear Energy (NANOTECH)

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Abstract

In proton therapy facilities, high-energy neutron fields are generated as a consequence of (p,Xn) nuclear interactions. UPM has designed and tested its own extended-range Bonner Spheres Spectrometer (BSS) to support the development of this technology in Spain. This work shows the results obtained in the first experimental testing of this new BSS, using for the first time the ReBUNKI unfolding code in this kind of BSS. An intercomparison exercise with several unfolding codes has been carried out to validate ReBUNKI results and the new extended-range BSS response matrix.

Original language	English
Article number	110647
Journal	Radiation Physics and Chemistry
Volume	203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110647
State	Published - Feb 2023

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This work has partially developed under the industrial Doctorate Program IND2017/AMB-7797 funded by Madrid Autonomous Region (CAM), Spain. M.A.S. Lacerda is grateful for the financial support provided by FAPEMIG (Universal Proc. APQ-01018-21).

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Extended-range bonner spheres
Neutron spectrometry
ReBUNKI
Unfolding codes

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García-Baonza, R., Lorente, A., Ibáñez, S., Lacerda, M. A. S., Machado, I. A., Gallego, E., García-Fernández, G. F., Cevallos-Robalino, L. E., & Vega-Carrillo, H. R. (2023). Comparison of extended-range and conventional Bonner Sphere Spectrometers (BSS) in an AmBe neutron field – Applicability of the ReBUNKI unfolding code for extended-range BSS. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 203, Article 110647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110647

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Comparison of extended-range and conventional Bonner Sphere Spectrometers (BSS) in an AmBe neutron field – Applicability of the ReBUNKI unfolding code for extended-range BSS. / García-Baonza, Roberto; Lorente, Alfredo; Ibáñez, Sviatoslav et al.
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