Modelling proton-induced reactions at low energies in the MARS15 code

TL;DR

This paper presents the integration of ALICE and TENDL nuclear data into the MARS15 Monte Carlo code to improve modeling of low-energy proton-induced nuclear reactions, validated against experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces a new implementation of ALICE and TENDL data in MARS15, enhancing its capability to simulate low-energy nuclear reactions accurately.

Findings

Good agreement with experimental reaction cross sections

Accurate secondary particle distribution predictions

Validated model performance across multiple datasets

Abstract

An implementation of both the ALICE code and TENDL evaluated nuclear data library in order to describe nuclear reactions by low-energy projectiles in the Monte Carlo code MARS15 is presented. Comparisons between results of modelling and experimental data on reaction cross sections and secondary particle distributions are shown as well.