title: A three si detector system for personnel neutron dosimetry developed by means of Monte Carlo simulation calculations.
abstract: The aim of this study was the development of an electronic detection system for personnel neutron dosimetry. Converter type silicon detectors were used for neutron detection. Measurements to obtain pulse height distributions were performed in neutron fields in the energy range from thermal to 14.8 MeV. They were compared with pulse height distributions calculated by means of Monte Carlo simulation programs, and their shapes and total count responses agreed very well. Based on these calculations a three-detector system for the measurement of the individual dose equivalent, Hp(10), was developed. Response functions of the system were calculated, and their dependence on angles from 0 degrees to 75 degrees was investigated. The detector system was exposed in several neutron fields and the agreement of the determined dose values with the reference dose values (0.1 mSv to 6 mSv) was better than a factor of 2, even for quasi-monoenergetic neutrons, and for angles in the range of 0 degrees, 30 degrees and 60 degrees. The detector system should be able to measure a dose range down to 10 microSv depending on the neutron energy.
authors.affiliation: Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany. RAINER.SCHUETZ@GMX.NET
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fehrenbacher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wielunski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wahl
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012825:Silicon / Q000528:radiation effects; D014159:Transducers
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon