Abstract:
The PIC and Monte Carlo simulation methods were used to evaluate the dose of Xray source and neutron source driven by the ps laser beam line of the XGⅢ device. After using PIC to determine the highenergy electron source term, it was used as input data of Monte Carlo software FLUKA to obtain the residual radioactivity and the residual dose around different targets at different time after the experiment. The simulation results show that for the laserdriven bremsstrahlung Xray source, after the experiment is completed and cooled for 10 min, the residual dose rate at 1 cm from the target surface is about 4 mSv/h, and 15 μSv/h at 30 cm from target surface. For the photoneutron source generated by the laserdriven photonuclear reaction, the residual dose rate at 1 cm from the target surface is less than 10 μSv/h after the experiment is completed and cooled for 10 min. In addition to the type of target material, the variation of the residual dose rate around the target will also be affected by the thickness of the target. Therefore, in different irradiation environments, it is necessary to adopt different radiation protection schemes for targets with different materials and thicknesses. The results of this study can provide relevant reference for radiation risk analysis of protective measures of ultrashort ultraintense laser facility.