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10696949
Title
Comparison of the performance of different instruments in the stray neutron field around the CERN Proton Synchrotron
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G Manessi (CERN and University of Liverpool)
,
S Gilardoni
,
E Aza
,
M Caresana
,
C Cassell
,
V Colombo
,
S Damjanovic
,
M Pangallo
,
D Perrin
,
M Silari
Abstract
This paper discusses an intercomparison campaign carried out in several locations around the CERN Proton Synchrotron. The locations were selected in order to perform the measurements in different stray field conditions. Various neutron detectors were employed: ionisation chambers, conventional and extended range rem counters, both commercial and prototype ones, including a novel instrument called LUPIN, specifically conceived to work in pulsed fields. The attention was focused on the potential differences in the instrument readings due to dead-time losses that are expected to affect most commercial units. The results show that the ionisation chambers and LUPIN agree well with the expected H*(10) values, as derived from FLUKA simulations, showing no relevant underestimations even in strongly pulsed fields. On the contrary, the dead-time losses of the other rem counters induced an underestimation in pulsed fields that was more important for instruments characterised by a higher dead time.
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 161, no. 1-4 (2013): 190-195.
doi:10.1093/rpd/nct215
2013
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