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Fission Fragment Generator

Fission Fragment Generator. Development of a Data-Based Fission Fragment Generator using the Geant4 Framework. Use in the NIFFTE (Neutron-Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment) Collaboration. Origins. Context – The NIFFTE TPC. Nuclear Data Measurements via TPC Small – 15 cm diameter

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Fission Fragment Generator

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  1. Fission Fragment Generator Development of a Data-Based Fission Fragment Generator using the Geant4 Framework Brycen Wendt

  2. Use in the NIFFTE (Neutron-Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment) Collaboration Origins

  3. Context – The NIFFTE TPC • Nuclear Data Measurements via TPC • Small – 15 cm diameter • Pressurized fill gas • Central Cathode • Target placed in center • 1 ns cathode readout resolution • Two Outer Anode Planes • ≈2000 detector pads per plane • 16 ns or better charge collection resolution Brycen Wendt

  4. Mock Data Challenge • Validation of the custom reconstruction software • Compare input vs. reconstructed track length, direction, charge, etc… • Geant4-based to provide single framework for entire simulation, from particle and field interactions to geometry • Original process was manual entering of particles – very tedious • Fission Fragment Generator was conceptualized – data based simulation of fission events • Implemented as a custom module in our “TPCPrimaryGeneratorAction.cc” Brycen Wendt

  5. Fission Fragment Generator Data and Simulation Design Capabilities

  6. Data Sources Brycen Wendt • File based • ***NOTE*** Uses pre-existing Geant4 data in G4ENDL neutron data files • Fission product yields distributions in: ${NEUTRONHP}/Fission/FF • Watt fission spectrum constants in: ${NEUTRONHP}/Fission/FS • Hard-coded values • ν – Prompt neutron production in: G4FPYNubarValues.hh • Alpha particle angular distributions in:G4FissionProductYieldDist.cc

  7. Fission Event Simulation Brycen Wendt • Whole-event perspective • Conservation principles • Mass, momentum, charge • Process • Generate ternary fission particles (not used by default) • Select fission fragment from data • Generate neutrons • Sample particle energies (ternary, neutrons) • Generate fission γ’s • Sample angles for γ’s and light ions (assume isotropic distribution) • Calculate fission fragment angles

  8. Fission Event Simulation Brycen Wendt • Geant4 kernel defines isotope / isomer • Incident particle provides: • Fission type (currently only data for neutron-induced) • Energy • Default parameters • Sample over entire yield distribution • No ternary fission • Neutron induced • Configurable parameters • Fission fragment sampling methodology • Ternary fission probability and yields

  9. Structure and Documentation Code

  10. Core calculations Brycen Wendt • Inheritance provides for selection of sampling scheme • G4FissionProduceYieldDist • G4FPYNormalFragmentDist • G4FPYBiasedLightFragmentDist • G4FPYSamplingOps • Specialized class for sampling continuous distributions (neutron/alpha production) as integer values • Maintains overall mean • Assumes Gaussian-shaped distribution

  11. Documentation Brycen Wendt • Extensive use of comments to explain processes and reasoning • Code structure currently documented for use with Doxygen • “Users Manual” in rough draft • Overview of code layout • Input parameters • Sampling methods/algorithms • Missing discussion of results

  12. Simulation Data Results

  13. Fragment Distributions Sampled Fragment (from data) Resultant Fragment (remaining mass) Brycen Wendt

  14. Conversion of a Continuous Distribution into Integer Values Brycen Wendt

  15. Finally…

  16. Integration Brycen Wendt The “Fission Fragment Generator” will be available as a model of the Geant4 hadronic framework under the HP directory Timeline: completion and inclusion in the December release of Geant4 10

  17. Future Work Brycen Wendt • Physics • Ballistics using information from fission-inducing particle • Spontaneous fission as a stand-alone model • High energy neutron models (>10 MeV, I’m a nuclear engineer) • Symmetric fission • Asymmetric fragment angular distributions (more prominent at higher energies) • Utility • Allow for a user-provided constraint on the initial fission fragment direction • User example of implementation • Other • Photo fission, proton-induced fission • Update and complete manual • Update internal documentation to Geant4 standard • Paper/Publication

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