ATLAS Radiation Background Taskforce

Final Summary Document


For questions or comment contact any of: Martine Bosman, Ian Dawson, Vincent Hedberg, Mike Shupe


The full summary document is available as an ATLAS Note:

“Estimation of Radiation Background, Impact on Detectors,

Activation and Shielding Optimization in ATLAS”

 

ATL-GEN-2005-001

Link to the note in PDF format  (250 pages- 10 MBytes)   

 

Document chapter by chapter in PDF format:

 

Title page & List of Participants

Index

Executive Summary

Introduction

Shielding Physics and Strategies

Simulation Tools

The ATLAS Geometry

Predicted Radiation Background Levels

Impact of Radiation on ATLAS

Uncertainties: comparison of Monte Carlo programs and benchmarking data 

Shielding optimization

Activation

Conclusion

References

Index Tables & Figures

Appendices

 


 

maintained by Martine Bosman (bosman@ifae.es)  last update January 11th  2005