| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 170, 2018
ANIMMA 2017 – Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications
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| Article Number | 08008 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Severe accident monitoring | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817008008 | |
| Published online | 10 January 2018 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817008008
Comparison of CdZnTe neutron detector models using MCNP6 and Geant4
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Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK.
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Innovative Physics Ltd., Shanklin, Isle of Wight, PO37 7JB, UK.
E-mail: e.wilson6@lancaster.ac.uk
Published online: 10 January 2018
The production of accurate detector models is of high importance in the development and use of detectors. Initially, MCNP and Geant were developed to specialise in neutral particle models and accelerator models, respectively; there is now a greater overlap of the capabilities of both, and it is therefore useful to produce comparative models to evaluate detector characteristics. In a collaboration between Lancaster University, UK, and Innovative Physics Ltd., UK, models have been developed in both MCNP6 and Geant4 of Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CdZnTe) detectors developed by Innovative Physics Ltd. Herein, a comparison is made of the relative strengths of MCNP6 and Geant4 for modelling neutron flux and secondary γ-ray emission. Given the increasing overlap of the modelling capabilities of MCNP6 and Geant4, it is worthwhile to comment on differences in results for simulations which have similarities in terms of geometries and source configurations.
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