Speaker
Paola Sala
(CERN)
Description
Calculational tools for radiation shielding at accelerators are faced
with new challenges from the present and next generations of particle
accelerators. All the details of particle production and transport
play a role when dealing with huge power facilities, therapeutic ion
beams, radioactive beams, and so on. Besides the traditional calculations
required for shielding, activation predictions have become an increasingly
critical component.
Comparison and benchmarking with experimental data is obviously
mandatory in order to buildup confidence in the computing tools, and to
assess their reliability and limitations. Thin target particle production
data are often the best tools for understanding the predictive power of
individual interaction models and improving their performances.
Complex benchmarks (eg thick target data, deep penetration etc) are
invaluable in assessing the overall performances of calculational tools
when all ingredients are put at work together.
A review of the validation procedures of Monte Carlo tools will be
presented with practical and real life examples. The interconnections
among benchmarks, model development and impact on shielding calculations
will be highlighted.
Author
Paola Sala
(CERN)
