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Cf252 Spectrum Details (Original/SuperSim provided spectrum)

This is the Cf252 Neutron spectrum I have been using in all previous Cf252 neutron simulations. This spectrum was provided as a copy of one used in SuperSim. This version is effectively a fit to an equation of the form N(E)=sqrt(E)*exp(-E/T) for some fitting parameter T (T is approx. 1.4 here). This version didn't actually simulate neutrons at low energies (below 1 MeV) and is therefore not appropriate for sims where we care about low energy neutrons. In particular this set should really not be used with anything except SuperSim; I include it here only to show that we have been using it for a while.

Data

Table 1: Cf252 Spectrum
Energy (MeV) Weight
1 3.2955695E-01
2 2.3298226E-01
3 1.4144214E-01
4 8.0374003E-02
5 4.3944927E-02
6 2.3412127E-02
7 1.2238575E-02
8 6.3043979E-03
9 3.2094125E-03
10 1.6179264E-03
11 8.0890071E-04
12 4.0154420E-04
13 1.9809097E-04
14 9.7185987E-05
15 4.7446862E-05
16 2.3061627E-05
17 1.1164286E-05
18 5.3849768E-06
19 2.5886922E-06
20 1.2406097E-06
21 5.9285462E-07
22 2.8255806E-07
23 1.3433582E-07
24 6.3719196E-08
25 3.0158206E-08
26 1.4244713E-08
27 6.7153041E-09
28 3.1600040E-09
29 1.4844363E-09
30 6.9618697E-10