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The development of a positron source for JLab using the HRRL requires moving the HRRL to a new location in order to have sufficient room to construct an achomat beam line.  Three measurements of the radiation footprint have been done and used to estimate the radiological impact of moving the HRRL.  The simulation package Geant4 was used to estimate the changes to the radiation footprint that will result from moving the HRRL accelerator cavity near the entrance to the accelerator room.  The simulation indicates that moving HRRL to the proposed position will increase the radiation at the doorway to the accelerator room by a factor of 8.6.  The simulation also estimates that a 1.2 cm thick lead shield around the accelerator will reduce the radiation at the door way to its original levels.  If we use this prediction to  extrapolate the radiation measurements made, then one can estimate safe operation by restricting the HRRL rep rate to below 400 Hz.  This restriction can  
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The development of a positron source for JLab using the HRRL requires moving the HRRL to a new location in order to have sufficient room to construct an achomat beam line.  Three measurements of the radiation footprint have been done and used to estimate the radiological impact of moving the HRRL.  The simulation package Geant4 was used to estimate the radiation footprint that will result if the HRRL accelerator cavity is moved closer to the accelerator room entrance.  The simulation indicates that moving HRRL to the proposed position will increase the radiation at the doorway to the accelerator room by a factor of 8.6.  The simulation also estimates that a 1.2 cm thick lead shield around the accelerator will reduce the radiation at the door way to its original levels.  If we use this prediction to  extrapolate the radiation measurements made, then one can estimate safe operation by restricting the HRRL rep rate to below 400 Hz.  This restriction can  
 
be changed based on radiation footprint measurements made after the HRRL is moved.  We request amending the current operating license for the HRRL to restrict it's repetition rate to less than 400 Hz so it may be moved to the proposed location.
 
be changed based on radiation footprint measurements made after the HRRL is moved.  We request amending the current operating license for the HRRL to restrict it's repetition rate to less than 400 Hz so it may be moved to the proposed location.
  
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=== Geometry definitions===
 
=== Geometry definitions===
  
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A screen shot of the simulations accelerator cell volume is shown in Figure 6.  Standard concrete was used to define the wall material.  using in the simulation is shown in Figure
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A screen shot of the simulations accelerator cell volume is shown in Figure 6.  Standard concrete was used to define the wall material.  The event shown represents a 10 MeV electron directed towards wall #2 which intersects a 2mm thick Tungsten target.  In this particular event, several photons and 2 charged particles escape the Tungsten converter.  Figure 7 illustrates the region of interest, the doorway.  All particles which intersected the doorway were recorded for analysis.  A coordinate system is defined to have its origin located at the lower left corner of the doorway as seen from outside the accelerator cell.
  
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Volumes in simulation defined as given in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7.
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Sadiq: Is wall #8 in Figure 7 the same as wall #1 in Figure 6?  If so relabel wall #8 to be wall #1.
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Walls are numbered as given in the Fig. 6. Origin of coordinate system is located at lower left corner of the wall#1. Door way to the accelerator room was named wall#8. As shown Fig. 7, we used a slice (dz) from wall#8 as detecting area to study radiation. Special interest was given to slice dz (blue color), and called doorway. 2mm thick tungsten target was placed on the 10 MeV e- beam line, as shown in Fig. 6. e- beam (red) is circular with radius of 6 mm.
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Dr. Forest: Wall#8 is the doorway. Wall#1 is the wall next to doorway. They are different. Doorway was named as wall#8 in simulation.
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Should the wall #8 label appear on the blue surface?
  
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Sadiq: Is wall #8 in Figure 7 the same as wall #1 in Figure 6?
 
  
 
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Cavity was shifted to new location to study the radiation and shielding effect on radiation.  We used cylindrical shielding around the cavity and one cap at the upstream end of the cavity. Shielding was increased by the increment of 6 mm.  At 2 increments, radiation was reduced to same level as before shifting.
 
Cavity was shifted to new location to study the radiation and shielding effect on radiation.  We used cylindrical shielding around the cavity and one cap at the upstream end of the cavity. Shielding was increased by the increment of 6 mm.  At 2 increments, radiation was reduced to same level as before shifting.
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|Increment || <math> E_{\gamma}~MeV </math> || <math> E_{e}~(MeV) </math>|| <math> E_{tot}~MeV</math> || <math> E_{tot}~per~electron~MeV</math> ||
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| 0 (before move)  || 12658.4 || 8493.66  || 21152.1  || 0.00126584  ||
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| 0 (after move)  || 26394.9 || 50108.1  || 76503.1  || 0.00263949  ||   
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| 1                || 17819.1 || 430.89  || 18250    || 0.00178191  || 
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| 2                || 10600.8 ||  293.753 || 10894.5  || 0.00106008  || 
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sadiq: insert the correct table from below.
  
 
==Conclusion==
 
==Conclusion==

Latest revision as of 21:22, 7 October 2010


Simulation report

The development of a positron source for JLab using the HRRL requires moving the HRRL to a new location in order to have sufficient room to construct an achomat beam line. Three measurements of the radiation footprint have been done and used to estimate the radiological impact of moving the HRRL. The simulation package Geant4 was used to estimate the radiation footprint that will result if the HRRL accelerator cavity is moved closer to the accelerator room entrance. The simulation indicates that moving HRRL to the proposed position will increase the radiation at the doorway to the accelerator room by a factor of 8.6. The simulation also estimates that a 1.2 cm thick lead shield around the accelerator will reduce the radiation at the door way to its original levels. If we use this prediction to extrapolate the radiation measurements made, then one can estimate safe operation by restricting the HRRL rep rate to below 400 Hz. This restriction can be changed based on radiation footprint measurements made after the HRRL is moved. We request amending the current operating license for the HRRL to restrict it's repetition rate to less than 400 Hz so it may be moved to the proposed location.

Proposed change to Accelerator

We propose moving the HRRL accelerator cavity from its current location in the center of the room to a corner wall in order to construct a chromatic beam line which will be used in the develop of a positron source for JLab. Below is a picture illustrating the current location of the HRRL cavity and the proposed new location.

Figure 1. The proposed new location for the HRRL accelerator.



This new position will allow us to install enough quads and dipoles to create an achromatic beam of electrons or positrons. A Tungsten converter will be place close to the HRRL cavity and be used to generate positrons. A setup of two quads will be used before the Tungsten converter in order to focus the incident electron beam on the target. A Faraday Cup is place on the zero port line to measure the beam current and optimize beam transmission prior to inserting a Tungsten converter. A system of 3 quads will be used to collect positrons escaping from the downstream side of the Tungsten converter. The first dipole will separate positrons from the primary electron beam. The remaining beam optics are shown in the beam line drawing below.


Figure 2. The proposed new HRRL accelerator beamline.


Radiation Measurements

Several measurements of the HRRL's radiation footprint have been done. The first measurements were performed by M. Balzer and G. Stancari on Feb. 4, 2009 using OSL dosimeters at 15 locations around the accelerator. Two additional measurements were done on May 17, 2010 and July 28, 2010 using Ludlum's ion chamber radiation monitors Model 375/9. The first measurements using OSL dosimeters established general map of the radiation surrounding the HRRL accelerator. The second set of measurements focused on two locations and looked at how well the radiation scales with the accelerator beam properties in order to establish a guide for extrapolating the dose after moving the cavity to the new location. The largest dose rate was observed on a wall at a spot which was at 90 degrees from the center of the accelerator (location 7 shown below). The dose dropped as you moved away from the central region of the accelerator. The OSL measurement at a spot symmetric to that location (location 13) reported a dose that was about an order of magnitude smaller. The second set of measurements focused on location 13 as it will be located in the doorway of the accelerator room after the HRRL is repositioned.


Radiological map using OSL dosimeters

On February 4th, 2009, M. Balzer and G. Stancari used OSL dosimeters to measure the dose at several locations around the HRRL accelerator. The measurements made by 5 dosimeters placed at each of the 15 locations was used to determine the average dose and RMS appearing in the table below. Locations 7 and 15 had the highest dose rates measured of 73 rad/hr and 62 rad/hr respectively. One may have expected that the the downstream location would have a high dose rate. The higher dose rate at location 7 is a little surprising but might be explained by the presence of a collimator in the center of the HRRL accelerator which collimates accelerated electrons before they exit the HRRL. Measurements at locations 11 and 13 were chosen because a measurement at location 13 may be used as a first estimate of the dose at location 11 after the HRRL is moved.

The detectors located at positions marked 11 and 13 measured a dose of 164 mrad/hr and 5828 mrad/hr respectively when the accelerator was running with 15 MeV electron beam energy, 20 mA peak current, 1 kHz repetition rate, and 30 ns pulse width.


Figure 3. Radiation dose measurements of the HRRL using OSL dosimeters.
Location Dose rate RMS spread
(mrad/hr) (mrad/hr)
1 9 4
2 396 57
3 7940 204
4 2831 117
5 4408 373
6 29339 3332
7 72517 687
8 36507 4746
9 5 5
10 37 4
11 164 40
12 2734 313
13 5828 120
14 7793 2579
15 62431 27155


Lludlum measurements

The radiation dose was measured at the three locations shown in Figure 4 while the HRRL was operated at the "old" position denoted in the Figure. The measurements were made using the 2 Gamma Area Monitor model 45-9 radiation monitors from Lludlum. One monitor is mounted in the upper downstream corner of the experimental cell and the other in the accelerator room. The ion chamber in the accelerator room was moved between the two positions, Pos_O and Pos_N, shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4. Illustration of cavity locations before, after shifting and monitors locations.


One set of measurements was used to correlate the dose rate observed by the radiation monitors located in the experimental cell side to the dose rate measured at the entrance to the HRRL accelerator room, Pos_N. The monitor on the experimental cell wall is set to shutdown the accelerator if the monitor measures more than 2 mrad/hr when electrons are delivered to the experimental cell, 5 mrad/hr when photons are delivered. The measurements are shown in the table below. The set of measurements made in May were done when the HRRl had a beamline sending photons into the experimental cell while the measurements in July were done during emittance measurements using a straight beamline dumping the electron into a shielded Faraday cup. Changing the acclerator beam line from one with a 90 degree bend to one that is straight decreased the dose measured in the experimental hall and increased the dose in the accelerator cell. The measurements made in May will be used to estimate the correlation between the dose measured at the exit of the accelerator cell to the monitor located in the experimental cell.

Run Energy of beam (MeV) Peak current of beam (mA) Rap rate (Hz) Experimental Cell Channel 17 (mrad), Accelerator cell Channel 16, (mrad) Ratio: Chan16/Chan17
May 16 47.6 40 2.3 20.5 [math]\pm[/math] 1.0 8.9
May 16 33.2 40 1.75 [math]\pm[/math] 0.5 14.0 [math]\pm[/math] 0.5 8.0
July 16 40 40 0.1 30[math]\pm[/math]2 300
July 16 40 70 0.2 53[math]\pm[/math] 2 265


The dose at location Pos_O in Figure 4 was measured for several accelerator beam current setting. The measured dose at Pos_O was assumed to transfer to Pos_N once the accelerator is moved. This assumption may be an underestimate given that the wall was observed to be a hot spot. Despite this possiblity, we will estimate the dose one can expect on the experimental cell radiation monitor assuming that the dose measured at Pos_O is what we will measure at Pos_N after moving the HRRL. Figure 5 represents an estimate of the dose which will be observed in the experimental cell using the dose measured at Pos_O when HRRL is run at its maximum electron energy of 16 MeV and at a peak current of 40 mA with a FWHM of 150 ns. Figure 5 suggests the HRRL may be safely operated if we restrict the peak current to 40 mA and the repetition rate to less that 400 Hz. If you assume that the location with the highest radiation level moves to the doorway, then we should restrict the HRRL to a factor of 10 less current/rep rate until a radiation survey is done.


Figure 5. Experimental cell estimated cose rate as a function of the HRRL's repetition rate (for 16 MeV e- beam, 40 mA peak current, 150 ns (FWHM) pulse width).



Simulation results

A simulation of the HRRL with a Tungsten target was done to determine how much shielding would be required to restore the accelerator to its original footprint as seen at the doorway to the accelerator cell. A Tungsten target was put in place to provide a representation of the accelerator configuration which will be used for the development of the JLab positron source. The simulation suggests that the original radiological footprint can be restored if a 1.2 cm thick lead sheet placed around the accelerator and tungsten target. Below is a description of the simulation.


Geometry definitions

A screen shot of the simulations accelerator cell volume is shown in Figure 6. Standard concrete was used to define the wall material. The event shown represents a 10 MeV electron directed towards wall #2 which intersects a 2mm thick Tungsten target. In this particular event, several photons and 2 charged particles escape the Tungsten converter. Figure 7 illustrates the region of interest, the doorway. All particles which intersected the doorway were recorded for analysis. A coordinate system is defined to have its origin located at the lower left corner of the doorway as seen from outside the accelerator cell. 

Sadiq: Is wall #8 in Figure 7 the same as wall #1 in Figure 6?  If so relabel wall #8 to be wall #1.

Dr. Forest: Wall#8 is the doorway. Wall#1 is the wall next to doorway. They are different. Doorway was named as wall#8 in simulation.



Should the wall #8 label appear on the blue surface?


Figure 6. Volumes' definitions and coordinate system.
Figure 7. Definition of the doorway.


Energy deposited

Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 show number of photons and electrons deposited in the doorway before and after shifting the cavity respectively. These Figures show that at new location we will have a hot spot at the corner of doorway around 1 m height. The number of particles (electrons and photons) increased about factor of 10 at new location.


Figure 8. Number of particles on the doorway (electrons and photons) before shifting the cavity.
Figure 9. Number of particles on the doorway (electrons and photons) after shifting the cavity.



Fig. 10 and Fig. 11 are energy profiles on the doorway before (blue) and after (red) shifting the cavity to new location. The radiation increased about factor of 10 at new location.


Figure 10. Photon energy deposited on the doorway before (blue line) and after (red line) shifting the cavity.
Figure 11. Electron energy deposited on the doorway before (blue line) and after red line) shifting the cavity.


Shielding The Radiation

Cavity was shifted to new location to study the radiation and shielding effect on radiation. We used cylindrical shielding around the cavity and one cap at the upstream end of the cavity. Shielding was increased by the increment of 6 mm. At 2 increments, radiation was reduced to same level as before shifting.


Increment [math] E_{\gamma}~MeV [/math] [math] E_{e}~(MeV) [/math] [math] E_{tot}~MeV[/math] [math] E_{tot}~per~electron~MeV[/math]
0 (before move) 12658.4 8493.66 21152.1 0.00126584
0 (after move) 26394.9 50108.1 76503.1 0.00263949
1 17819.1 430.89 18250 0.00178191
2 10600.8 293.753 10894.5 0.00106008 
sadiq: insert the correct table from below.

Conclusion

A 1.2 cm (1/2 inch) thick layer of Pb ( 2 , 1/4 inch thick lead sheets) around the new accelerator cavity's position will restore the radiation footprint of the original accelerator's position.

We did radiation measurement to estimate the dose rate on the monitor on the experimental cell side after shifting the cavity to new location. We conclude that, at new location for cavity, for condition: electron beam energy of 16 MeV, beam peak current of 40 mA, pulse width full width half max of 150 ns, it is safe to run up to 900 Hz repetition rate.

Simulation work

Design a simulation to determine radiation footprint in HRRL cell.


1.) The ceiling is 4 feet thick

2.) there is PB shiedling between the HRRL accelerator room and the accelerator operator station

3.) the dirt is about 10 feet thick on the wall side where the accelerator is going to be mounted

4.) determine shielding wall thickness for HRRL cavity to reduce dose out the door

5.) Determine shielding for Tungsten converter

Drawing

Get a drawing from facilities documenting the shielding in that cell with dimensions


Denton Dance: x4710, may be able to provide drawings. B119 Beam Lab

Material Definitions

Concrete

Concrete has 6 elements and a density of 2.7 g/cm^3

Element Atomic Weight (A) Atomic Number (Z) Proportion by Weight
1 1.0079 1. 0.004
2 15.9994 8. 0.509
3 26.981539 13 0.034
4 28.0855 14. 0.345
5 40.078 20 0.070
6 55.8474 26. 0.038

GEANT4 code 


a = 1.0079*g/mole;
  G4Element* elH  = new G4Element(name="Hydrogen",symbol="H" , z= 1., a);
  a = 15.9994*g/mole;
  G4Element* elO  = new G4Element(name="Oxygen"  ,symbol="O" , z= 8., a);
a = 26.981539*g/mole;
  G4Element* elAl  = new G4Element(name="Aluminum",symbol="Al" , z= 13., a);
a = 28.0855*g/mole;
  G4Element* elSi  = new G4Element(name="Silicon",symbol="Si" , z= 14., a);
a = 40.078*g/mole;
  G4Element* elCa  = new G4Element(name="Calcium",symbol="Ca" , z= 20., a);
a = 55.8474*g/mole;
  G4Element* elNi  = new G4Element(name="Iron",symbol="Fe" , z= 26., a);



  density =2.7*g/cm3;
  G4Material* Concrete = new G4Material(name="Concrete ",density,ncomponents=6);
  Concrete->AddElement(elH, fractionmass=0.4*perCent);
  Concrete->AddElement(elO, fractionmass=50.9*perCent);
 Concrete->AddElement(elAl, fractionmass=3.4*perCent);
 Concrete->AddElement(elSi, fractionmass=34.5*perCent);
 Concrete->AddElement(elCa, fractionmass=7.0*perCent);
 Concrete->AddElement(elNi, fractionmass=3.8*perCent);

Relative Rates

The first step in the simulation will be to compare relative radiation rates at the exit of the accelerator room. The radiation exiting the accelerator room before and after moving the accelerator will be simulated. Although all particles can be tracked we will mostly be interested in gamma and neutron fluxes through the door. The ratio of before/after moving fluxes for gamma and neutron should be plotted as a function of energy.

Geometry

[HRRL room dimension measured by Jason Swanson]

HRRL Geom by Sadiq

what is the thicknes of the walls below.

No dirt inside walls.

Wall Number 3, 4 and 5 are 1 feet thick.

Ceiling is 5 feet thick. Above that is 1st floor metal structure.

HRRL Geom by sadiq.jpg

GEANT4 Simulation Setup

HRRL Room Top view

Hrrl room walls numbered.jpg

Wall is not real wall. Its material is air, this wall is just used as detector to detect particles and photons.

The origin of the coordinate system moved the the other corner of the wall#1 as shown one of the figure in below.


Hrrl room wall8.jpg


Hrrl room top.jpg

HRRL Room 45 Degree View

Hrrl room 45deg.jpg

HRRL Room Side view

Hrrl room side.jpg

HRRL Electron Source and Tungsten Target 45 Degree View

Hrrl beam and target 45deg.jpg


HRRL Electron Source and Tungsten Target Top View

Hrrl beam and target top.jpg


HRRL New Electron Source

New e- Source Position.jpg

Geant4 Codes

GPS e- Source

/gps/particle e-

/gps/energy 10. MeV

/gps/pos/type Plane

/gps/pos/shape Circle

/gps/pos/radius 0.6 cm


/gps/pos/sigma_r 3 mm


/gps/pos/sigma_x 3 mm

/gps/pos/sigma_y 3 mm


Old Position, -Z direction:

/gps/pos/centre 380 101.6 -93.68 cm


New Postion, X direction:

/gps/pos/centre 66.5 101.6 93.93 cm

/gps/direction 1 0 0

Physics List

File:Physics List.txt


10 MeV Gamma hit 2 meter D2O target to show neutron from disintegrated deuterium.

Yellow: neutron

Red: electron

Gray: gamma 

It is better to show the tracking output in 
order to see the physics process and particles created.

Neutron.jpg

Dectector Construction

File:Detector Construction.txt


Electron and photon interactions with the target and the walls

Electron in Target

*********************************************************************************************************
* G4Track Information:   Particle = e-,   Track ID = 8,   Parent ID = 2
*********************************************************************************************************


#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    1 1.66401 m  1.01473 m  93.5217 cm      0 eV 147.944 keV29.1396 um 29.1396 um       Target       eIoni

Electron go into Wall3

*********************************************************************************************************
* G4Track Information:   Particle = e-,   Track ID = 1,   Parent ID = 0
*********************************************************************************************************


#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    1 1.64085 m  1.03791 m  93.998 cm 9.76788 MeV198.526 keV97.4316 cm 97.4316 cm        World       eIoni

#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    2 1.67863 m  1.03716 m  93.7509 cm 9.73665 MeV7.70861 keV3.7869 cm 1.01218 m         World       eIoni

#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    3 2.38158 m  1.04721 m  88.1765 cm 9.53633 MeV 137.3 keV70.5761 cm 1.71795 m         World       eIoni

#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    4 4.8856 m  1.06243 m  1.22615 m  9.04023 MeV496.099 keV2.5446 m  4.26254 m         World  Transportation

#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    5  5.194 m   1.034 m  1.28563 m  8.91744 MeV122.789 keV31.6299 cm 4.57884 m         Wall3  Transportation

#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    6    7.5 m  95.4945 cm 1.63263 m  8.49278 MeV424.668 keV2.34972 m  6.92856 m    OutOfWorld  Transportation

Gamma go into Wall3

*********************************************************************************************************
* G4Track Information:   Particle = gamma,   Track ID = 3,   Parent ID = 1
*********************************************************************************************************


#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    1 4.8856 m  98.0398 cm 24.6372 cm 78.0395 keV     0 eV 3.08802 m  3.08802 m         World  Transportation

#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    2  5.194 m  97.6205 cm 17.6225 cm 78.0395 keV     0 eV 31.6305 cm 3.40432 m         Wall3  Transportation

#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    3 5.97662 m  96.5562 cm -1.78528 mm      0 eV    403 eV 80.2682 cm  4.207 m         World        phot

Gamma go into Wall4


*********************************************************************************************************
* G4Track Information:   Particle = gamma,   Track ID = 2,   Parent ID = 1
*********************************************************************************************************


#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    1 2.98112 m  1.42043 m  1.8796 m  92.4831 keV     0 eV 1.72044 m  1.72044 m         World  Transportation

#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    2 3.42618 m  1.53616 m  2.1844 m  92.4831 keV     0 eV 55.1695 cm 2.27214 m         Wall4  Transportation

#Step#      X         Y         Z        KineE    dEStep   StepLeng  TrakLeng    Volume     Process
    3    7.5 m  2.59551 m  4.97442 m  92.4831 keV     0 eV   5.05 m  7.32214 m    OutOfWorld  Transportation

File:Interaction.txt



Radiation Ratio estimate for Wall 8 2/25/10

A GEANT4 simulation was used to compare the radiation footprint of the HRRL before and after its relocation. The ratio of radiation incident at the exit of the accelerator room (identified as Wall #8 in the pictures below) was estimated by tracking electrons, photons, and neutrons.

The red line in the figure below indicates the interaction point of an electron from the HRRL accelerator with a Tungsten radiator used to convert the incident electron into e+e- pairs. The proposed location for the HRRL is to move it just below wall #6 and in front of the "Z" axis label..


Hrrl room walls numbered.jpg

The drawing below identifies the location of Wall #8. Wall 8 is composed of air, this wall is just used as detector to detect particles and photons.


Hrrl room wall8.jpg


Number of particles

Simulation results by number of particles for 10 million run.

Particle Numbers at Old Position [1] Numbers at New Position [2] Ration (new:old)
e- 697728 2397851 3.43665583
gamma 375260 779381 0.481484665

G4 code for registering particles in wall8. Daughter particles are also registered as long as they are in wall8. 

if(  fTrack->GetVolume()->GetName() =="Wall8"  && (fTrack->GetDefinition()->GetPDGEncoding()==22 ||fTrack->GetDefinition()->GetPDGEncoding()==11 ||fTrack->GetDefinition()->GetPDGEncoding()==2212 ||fTrack->GetDefinition()->GetPDGEncoding()==2112 ))
  	{   
	if (fTrack->GetDefinition()->GetPDGEncoding()==22 ) //if gamma 
	{     ig++; 
	      outfile 
	       << ig  << " 22 "	
	      <<fTrack->GetKineticEnergy() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().x()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().y()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().z()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().x() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().y() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().z() << " "<< G4endl;}
	if (fTrack->GetDefinition()->GetPDGEncoding()==11 ) //if e-
	{ie++; 
		outfile 
	      << ie  << " 11 "	
	      <<fTrack->GetKineticEnergy() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().x()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().y()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().z()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().x() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().y() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().z() << " "<< G4endl;}
	if (fTrack->GetDefinition()->GetPDGEncoding()==2212 ) //if proton
	{ip++; 
		outfile 
	      << ip  << " 2212 "	
	      <<fTrack->GetKineticEnergy() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().x()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().y()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().z()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().x() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().y() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().z() << " "<< G4endl;}
	if (fTrack->GetDefinition()->GetPDGEncoding()==2112 ) //if neutron
	{in++; 
		outfile 
	      << in  << " 2112 "	
	      <<fTrack->GetKineticEnergy() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().x()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().y()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetPosition().z()<< " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().x() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().y() << " "
	      << fTrack->GetMomentum().z() << " "<< G4endl;}
	}



Energy profile

The figures below illustrate the energy spectrum of radiation entering wall #8 (described above) as predicted by a GEANT4 simulation of the HRRL accelerator room.


Old Position

Electron

Kinetic energy (Ek) in the unit of MeV below

Electron Ek.jpg Electron Ek 0toPoint2.jpg

Position x in the unit of mm below

Electron x.jpg

Position y

Electron y.jpg

Position z

Electron z.jpg

Ek vs x

Electron Ek vs x.jpg

Ek vs y

Electron Ek vs y.jpg

Ek vs z

Electron Ek vs z.jpg


x vs y

Electron x vs y.jpg

y vs z

Electron y vs z.jpg

z vs x

Electron z vs x.jpg


Ek(x>-915mm)

Electron Ek xB-915.jpg

Ek(2133.5mm<x<-915mm)

Electron Ek x-915To-2133.jpg

Ek(x<2133.5mm)

Electron Ek xS-2133.jpg

Photon

Kinetic energy (Ek) in the unit of MeV below

Gamma Ek.jpg


Position x in the unit of mm below

Gamma x.jpg

Position y

Gamma y.jpg

Position z

Gamma z.jpg

Ek vs x

Gamma Ek vs x.jpg

Ek vs y

Gamma Ek vs y.jpg

Ek vs z

Gamma Ek vs z.jpg


x vs y

Gamma x vs y.jpg

y vs z

Gamma y vs z.jpg

z vs x

Gamma z vs x.jpg


Ek(x>-915mm)

Gamma Ek xB-915.jpg

Ek(2133.5mm<x<-915mm)

Gamma Ek x-915To-2133.jpg

Ek(x<2133.5mm)

Gamma Ek xS-2133.jpg

Neutron

Ek vs x

Neutron Ek vs x.jpg


Proton

No proton was seen.










New Position

Electron

Kinetic energy (Ek) in the unit of MeV below

Electron Ek New.jpg

Electron Ek 0To1 New.jpg

Position x in the unit of mm below

Electron x New.jpg

Position y

Electron y New.jpg

Position z

Electron z New.jpg

Ek vs x

Electron Ek vs x New.jpg

Ek vs y

Electron Ek vs y New.jpg

Ek vs z

Electron Ek vs z New.jpg


x vs y

Electron x vs y New.jpg

y vs z

Electron y vs z New.jpg

z vs x

Electron z vs x New.jpg


Ek(x>-915mm)

Electron Ek xB-915 New.jpg

Ek(2133.5mm<x<-915mm)

Electron Ek x-915To-2133 New.jpg

Ek(x<2133.5mm)

Electron Ek xS-2133 New.jpg

Photon

Kinetic energy (Ek) in the unit of MeV below

Gamma Ek New.jpg


Position x in the unit of mm below

Gamma x New.jpg

Position y

Gamma y New.jpg

Position z

Gamma z New.jpg

Ek vs x

Gamma Ek vs x New.jpg

Ek vs y

Gamma Ek vs y New.jpg

Ek vs z

Gamma Ek vs z New.jpg


x vs y

Gamma x vs y New.jpg

y vs z

Gamma y vs z New.jpg

z vs x

Gamma z vs x New.jpg


Ek(x>-915mm)

Gamma Ek xB-915 New.jpg

Ek(2133.5mm<x<-915mm)

Gamma Ek x-915To-2133 New.jpg

Ek(x<2133.5mm)

Gamma Ek xS-2133 New.jpg

Neutron

Ek vs x

Neutron Ek vs x New.jpg


Proton

No proton was seen.

ROOT commands

The command below will create a program skeleton which you can use to parse the data 

 hredtest->MakeClass();
.L hredtest.C 
 hredtest t;
 t.Loop();
 Sad2->Draw("Colz");




HRRL Radiation Simulations with Thin Detectors

Detectors are created in GEANT4, Detector dz and dx.

Detector dz: a thin detector in z direction (with thickness dz=1 mircron), and same dimension in xy plane with wall8. It gives xy-plane view of radiation.

Detector dx: a thin detector in x direction (with thickness dx=1 mircron), and same dimension in yz plane with wall8. It gives yz-plane view of radiation.


Origin of the coordinate system is moved to new position, shown as in figure below.

Dx and dy detector.jpg


Wall8 dx and dy detectors.jpg

Electron and Photon Mixed

New Position

xy-plane view (doorway)

New xy.jpg

yz-plane view

New yz.jpg

Old Position

xy-plane view (doorway)

Old xy.jpg

yz-plane view

Old yz.jpg

Energy Profile Comparison between Old and New Positions

New position:red color.

Old position:blue color.

Photon

Photon: xy-plane view 

 These are the photons coming through the opening?
 Yes, these 2 detectors are very thin (1 micron thick). One is thin on z direction, gives xy-plane view, at the operator side of wall8. Another one is thin on x direction, gives yz-plane view, at the accelerator side of the room.

Photon xy.jpg 

These are the photons coming through the wall?

Photon: yz-plane view

Photon yz.jpg

Electron

Electron: xy-plane view

Electron xy.jpg


Electron: yz-plane view

Electron yz.jpg

Energy/incident electron

For each graph determine the total energy deposited per incident electron for the two configurations then take the ratio.


New Position

Electron gun fired 10 million times, and the electron beam energy is 10 MeV.

xy-view:

Total Photon Energy (if(evt.ID==22) Ek_g_t +=evt.Ek;) = 79020.5; Energy deposited per electron is: 79020.5 / 10 000 000 = 0.00790205 MeV/Electron;

Total Electron Energy (if(evt.ID==11) Ek_e_t +=evt.Ek;) = 102820; Energy deposited per electron is: 102820 / 10 000 000 = 0.0102820 MeV/Electron;

Combined: (79020.5 + 102820)/10 000 000 = 0.01818405

yz-view:

Total Photon Energy (if(evt.ID==22) Ek_g_t +=evt.Ek;) = 332712; Energy deposited per electron is: 332712 / 10 000 000 = 0.0332712 MeV/Electron;

Total Electron Energy (if(evt.ID==11) Ek_e_t +=evt.Ek;) = 232201; Energy deposited per electron is: 232201 / 10 000 000 = 0.0232201 MeV/Electron;

Old Position

Electron gun fired 10 million times, and the electron beam energy is 10 MeV.

xy-view:

Total Photon Energy (if(evt.ID==22) Ek_g_t +=evt.Ek;) = 12397.2; Energy deposited per electron is: 12397.2 / 10 000 000 = 0.00123972 MeV/Electron;

Total Electron Energy (if(evt.ID==11) Ek_e_t +=evt.Ek;) = 8670.29; Energy deposited per electron is: 8670.29 / 10 000 000 = 0.000867029 MeV/Electron;

Combined: (12397.2 + 8670.29)/10000000 = 0.002106749


yz-view:

Total Photon Energy (if(evt.ID==22) Ek_g_t +=evt.Ek;) = 286124; Energy deposited per electron is: 286124 / 10 000 000 = 0.0286124 MeV/Electron;

Total Electron Energy (if(evt.ID==11) Ek_e_t +=evt.Ek;) = 78727.9; Energy deposited per electron is: 78727.9 / 10 000 000 = 0.00787279 MeV/Electron;

Ratio of new to old position

Following table gives [math] \frac{(total~energy~deposited~per~electron)_{new~position}}{(total~energy~deposited~per~electron)_{old ~position}} [/math]

photon electron combined
xy-view 0.00790205/0.00123972 = 6.4 0.0102820/0.000867029 = 1.2 0.01818405/0.002106749= 8.6
yz-view 0.0332712/0.0286124 =1.2 0.0232201/0.00787279 = 2.9

Lead Shielding around HRRL in New Positon

Pb Wall is as Tall as Electron Beam

Lead wall is 3-inch (10.16 cm) thick.

45 degree view

PbShield45.jpg


Top view

PbShieldTop.jpg


Side view

PbShieldSide.jpg


Simulation Results

Note: Electron and photon are differentiated.


Door view:

PbHalf xy view.jpg


Side Wall view:

PbHalf yz view.jpg


Deposited energy -vs Pb thickness

Consider draping a lead blanket which covers from the accelerator exit port to the Tungsten converter. We have a few such blankets down in the HRRL. Go see how thick they are and then simulate the thickness with one blanket then with two.


Plot the total energy deposited by photons and separately electrons for at least 3 Pb thicknesses, one of which is 3".

Pb Wall is as Tall as Ceiling

Simulation Results

Note: Electron and photon are differentiated.


Door view:

PbFull xy view.jpg


Side Wall view:

PbFull yz view.jpg



Cylindrical Pb Shielding around Target Increment Test

The thickness of lead sheets in the accelerator room is around 6 mm. We desire to use this lead sheets as shielding to shield HRRL in new position. So, I run simulation to study the change in radiation as thickness of shielding increase by 1 increment.


PbShieldIncrementTest.jpg 

Make the units Energy /electron

Increment Test

Lead shielding was increased from 1 16 times of thickness of lead sheet.


Increment Test

Lead shielding was increased from 1 to 16 times of thickness of lead sheet. 


Fill in the two rows below
Increment [math] E_{\gamma}~MeV [/math] [math] E_{e}~(MeV) [/math] [math] E_{tot}~MeV[/math] [math] E_{tot}~per~electron~MeV[/math] Contour Plot
0 (before move) 12397.2 8670.29 21067.49 0.002106749 Old xy.jpg
0 (after move) 79020.5 102820 181840.5 0.01818405 New xy.jpg
1 67909.8 1322.74 69232.5 0.00692325 1.png
2 47080.4 849.284 47929.7 0.00479297 2.png
3 32447.3 660.904 33108.2 0.00331082 3.png
4 23381.6 488.022 23869.7 0.00238697 4.png
5 16639.2 348.788 16988 0.0016988 5.png
6 12052 269.449 12321.5 0.00123215 6.png
7 8867.79 224.403 9092.19 0.000909219 7.png
8 6256.38 155.28 6411.66 0.000641166 8.png
9 4805.09 130.132 4935.22 0.000493522 9.png
10 3397.84 98.6598 3496.5 0.00034965 10.png
11 2563.9 88.4048 2652.3 0.00026523 11.png
12 1845.77 72.3448 1918.11 0.000191811 12.png
13 1459.55 54.9425 1514.49 0.000151449 13.png
14 1025.4 63.0917 1088.49 0.000108849 14.png
15 690.531 45.8029 736.334 0.000736334 15.png
16 515.095 54.7029 569.798 0.000569798 16.png


Simulation for corrected HRRL and Target position

After shifting origin of the coordinate system from one corner of the Wall#1 to the other corner, I forgot to shift position of the HRRL and target. Here, I want to correct position of HRRL and target in simulation and run the increment test again.

HRRL will be bolt the wall, so on z-axis it is very simple to place electron source, it is just radius of the HRRL. On x-axis, the length of the HRRL is 5 feet. If we subtract the distance between wall#1 and wall#6, which is 24.1 cm, we will have the position of electron source. This distance 128.3 cm. If we allow 5 cm distance for wires etc, then electron source should be placed 133.3 cm.

The converter should be placed electron beam axis, which will have same z-coordinates as electron beam source in simulation. However, on x-axis, we have 2 Q1B after HRRL. Each Q1B has thickness of 24 cm. If we allow spacing of 2 cm between them, we will have 50 cm of distance taken up by these 2 quad sets. We would like to place converter 10 cm after the quads. Converter finally end up at 193.3 cm (133.3cm+50cm+10cm) on x-axis.


Increment [math] E_{\gamma}~MeV [/math] [math] E_{e}~(MeV) [/math] [math] E_{tot}~MeV[/math] [math] E_{tot}~per~electron~MeV[/math] Contour Plot
0 (before move) 12658.4 8493.66 21152.1 0.00126584 Corrected Old xy.jpg
0 (after move) 26394.9 50108.1 76503.1 0.00263949 Corrected New xy.jpg
1 17819.1 430.89 18250 0.00178191 Corrected 1.png
2 10600.8 293.753 10894.5 0.00106008 Corrected 2.png
3 6722.33 271.369 6993.7 0.000672233 Corrected 3.png
4 4393.05 214.263 4607.31 0.000439305 Corrected 4.png
5 2809.48 129.821 2939.3 0.000280948 Corrected 5.png
6 1955.28 119.253 2074.54 0.000195528 Corrected 6.png



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