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Inelastic hadronic interactions in heavy targets have been simulated using Geant4 and compared with experimental data for thin and thick lead and uranium targets. Special attention is paid to neutron and fission fragment production. Good agreement in the description of proton-beam interaction with thick targets is demonstrated, which is important for the simulation of experiments aimed at the development of subcritical reactors.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Baldin, A.I. Berlev, I.V. Kudashkin, G. Mogildea, M. Mogildea, M. Paraipan, S.I. Tyutyunnikov, 2016, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2016.
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Baldin, A.A., Berlev, A.I., Kudashkin, I.V. et al. Simulation of neutron production in heavy metal targets using Geant4 software. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 13, 249–256 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477116020047
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