Monte Carlo simulation and parameterized treatment on the effect of nuclear elastic scattering in high-energy proton radiography

TL;DR

This paper develops a Geant4-based simulation to analyze nuclear elastic scattering effects in high-energy proton radiography, comparing results with experimental data to improve density reconstruction accuracy.

Contribution

It introduces a parameterized treatment of nuclear elastic scattering in proton radiography simulations, enhancing the modeling accuracy over traditional methods.

Findings

Simulation results align well with experimental data.

Empirical parameters improve transmission modeling.

Enhanced density reconstruction accuracy.

Abstract

A version of Geant4 has been developed to treat high-energy proton radiography. This article presents the results of calculations simulating the effects of nuclear elastic scattering for various test step wedges. Comparisons with experimental data are also presented. The traditional expressions of the transmission should be correct if the angle distribution of the scattering is Gaussian multiple Coulomb scattering. The mean free path which depends on the collimator angle and the radiation length are treated as empirical parameters, according to transmission as a function of thickness obtained by simulations. The results benefit for reconstructing density that depends on the transmission expressions.