Heavy-Ion Interaction Models for Radiation Transport

Author

Rajendra R. Dubey, Old Dominion University

Date of Award

Fall 1995

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Physics

Committee Director

Govind S. Khandelwal

Committee Member

John H. Heinbockel

Committee Member

J. Wallace Van Orden

Abstract

This dissertation is concerned with finding the values for the nuclear cross sections used in the Boltzmann equation for space radiation transport and dose estimates. An extraordinary number of cross sections are required because of the large number of ion types and their extensive energy range, The Lippmann-Schwinger equation is numerically solved in momentum space for a first order optical potential (free space case) and calculations are made for the total and absorption cross sections for nudeus-nucleus scattering. Absorption cross sections are also calculated using a medium modified firstorder optical potential in the Lippmann-Schwinger equation and are compared with experimental values. Results are presented for the absorption cross sections for ⁴He-Nucleus and ¹²C-Nucleus scattering systems and are compared with experimental values below 100 A MeV. The use of the in-medium nucleonnucleon cross sections is found to result in a significant reduction of the free space absorption cross sections, in agreement with experiment. We have also reformulated the Glaubermodel of heavy-ion fragmentation to treat the cluster abrasion of alpha particles from a-cluster nuclei such as ¹²C, ¹⁶0 , ²⁰Ne, ²⁴Mg, ²⁸Si, ³⁶Ar, and ⁴⁰Ca. Comparison of the calculated values is made with recent experimental data and good agreement is found. The energy dependence and the target mass dependence of cluster knockout cross sections for the 160 projectile are discussed. The inclusion of clusters knockouts is shown to significantly modify transport properties of space radiations.

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DOI

10.25777/ypmc-0y92

Recommended Citation

Dubey, Rajendra R.. "Heavy-Ion Interaction Models for Radiation Transport" (1995). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dissertation, Physics, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/ypmc-0y92
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