TY - JOUR
T1 - 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
AU - García-Baonza, Roberto
AU - Lorente, Alfredo
AU - Ibáñez, Sviatoslav
AU - Lacerda, M. A.S.
AU - Machado, Igor A.
AU - Gallego, Eduardo
AU - García-Fernández, Gonzalo F.
AU - Cevallos-Robalino, Lenin E.
AU - Vega-Carrillo, Hector R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Extended-range bonner spheres
KW - Neutron spectrometry
KW - ReBUNKI
KW - Unfolding codes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142728634&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110647
DO - 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110647
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85142728634
SN - 0969-806X
VL - 203
JO - Radiation Physics and Chemistry
JF - Radiation Physics and Chemistry
M1 - 110647
ER -