FORMATION OF MIXED X,n-RADIATION FIELD AT AN ELECTRON ACCELERATOR

For conducting photonuclear programs with the use of a high-intensity photon source the latter is ordinary obtained by transformation of an electron beam into X-ray radiation. Such a process is performed using an intermediate target-converter maid from a high-Z material. The (γ,n) reactions take place in the converter under the action of high-energy bremsstrahlung photons. As a result, a quasi-isotropic neutron flux escapes the converter jointly with the photon beam directed forward. The parameters of the both types of radiation, as well as the ratio of their intensities play the important role depending on a program under way. In work, the spatial radiant characteristics of the mixed X,n-radiation generated with the electron beam in the converter located together with an isotopic target in the middle of a neutron moderator in the electron energy range 40…95 MeV and various size of the moderator are studied by computer simulations with the use of a GEANT4 transport code.