Progress in the KAERI high energy nuclear data library : proton-induced neutron emission spectra

Proton-induced neutron yields and emission spectra up to a few hundreds MeV are important nuclear data in the particle transport of the accelerator-driven system (ADS) and in the space shielding for trapped protons and solar energetic particle events. Within the framework of KAERI high energy nuclear data library evaluation, energy-angle spectra of secondary neutrons produced from the proton-induced neutron production reaction, (p, xn), of C-12, Al-27, Fe-56, and Pb-208 for energies below 400 MeV are evaluated based upon model calculations, guided and benchmarked by existing experimental data. Theoretical calculations were performed with the optical model analysis for the direct reactions and transmission coefficients, Hauser-Feshbach model for the equilibrium emission, and the exciton model for the preequilibrium emission, using the ECIS-GNASH code system. (author)