Monte Carlo simulation of bremsstrahlung produced at SPring-8

Beam lines of SPring-8 storage ring is now under operation after 1997. An energy range necessary for safety analysis is from some keV synchrotrons radiation to 8 GeV electrons, photons and photoneutrons, some of them have directional distribution. Simulations which includes empirical data are needed in some cases, these are: (1) gas bremsstrahlung radiation produced by the interaction between storage electrons and residual gases, (2) high energy photon behaviors caused by inverse-compton scattering, (3) neutrons produced by photonuclear reaction. A leakage flux caused by ground-shine of synchrotrons radiation is also estimated by simulation. Usually the beam line is set up on the extrapolated position of the straight line of the storage ring. In this case, gas bremsstrahlung from the storage ring is not negligible at the beam line. The Monte Carlo code (EGS4) on electromagnetic cascade interaction is used for estimation. Accuracy of the result is discussed with availability of assumptions including radial distribution. SPring-8 has the beam line in which high energy photons are produced by laser-electron interaction. In this case a photon has an energy of about 3.5 GeV. Local shielding for this gamma radiation is one of the key issues in the beam line design. The EGS4 code is used to simulate the effective shielding structure. The EGS4 code is also used to obtain track length distribution for gas bremsstrahlung photon to impinge the lead target. Safety analysis is made by the MCNP4b code. The wiggler and/or undulator installed in the storage ring produce complicated radiation spectrum. Computer codes (STAC8, ITS3.0, EGS4) are used to analyze photon transport. In this case, attenuation is very large, and time consuming calculation is needed. (Y. Tanaka)