RESPONSE OF THE BUBBLE DETECTOR TO NEUTRONS OF VARIOUS ENERGIES

摘要

A series of Monte-Carlo simulations has been performed in order to investigate the response of the bubble detector to mono-energetic neutrons of various energies. The work was driven by the need to better understand the energy dependence of the detector for applications in space, where the neutron spectrum has a significant component with energy of ＞20 MeV. The response to neutrons in the range of a few keV to 500 MeV has been calculated, and good agreement between the simulations and experimental data is demonstrated over the entire energy range.