Determination of the 15 MeV bremsstrahlung spectrum from thin W target on the microtron MT-17 accelerator

Abstract

Bremsstrahlung energy spectrum from thin W target produced by 15 MeV incident electrons was determined by a combination of measurements and theoretical calculation. The shape of spectrum was calculated by Monte-Carlo method using the code EGS4. The photon flux measurements were performed based on the activation technique using the high pure metallic foils. The radioactivities of the irradiated foils were measured by using a gamma spectrometer with a high energy resolution HPGe detector. The experiments were carried out at the 15 MeV electron Microtron MT-17 accelerator located at Institute of Physics and Electronics, Hanoi.