Beam current monitoring and radiachromic film dosimetry at the NPS Linac.

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Gray, Frederic Colbert
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1972Advisor
Dyer, John N.
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Dally, Edgar B.
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The beam current monitoring system at the NPS electron Linac was
studied to determine its performance under varying conditions of machine
operation. The efficiency of the secondary emission monitors (SEM
efficiency), defined as the ratio of SEM current of Faraday cup current,
was found to increase with increasing beam energy, increase with the
introduction of targets into the beam, and vary erratically with SEM
foil surface conditions. No dependence on beam current was observed.
The spatial variation of electron fluence (time-integrated flux) was
investigated using RACM 203 radiachromic film developed by the EG&G
Corporation. The optical density of this film was found to vary linearly
with absorbed dose over a range of 5 to 40 megarads . Beam profiles were
obtained at A locations in the Linac end station for beam energies of
25 and 63 MeV. In addition, the film was used to observe and measure
the effect of cascade showers in thick absorbers.
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