Simulation of the radiation fields of the Beta Secondary Standard BSS 2

Abstract

Since several years, the irradiation facility for beta radiation, the Beta Secondary Standard BSS 2 developed at PTB, is in worldwide use to irradiate devices with calibrated beta sources. In this work the electron and photon particle spectra of the BSS 2 radiation fields are made available as data files, in addition angular distributions and the depth dose profiles are given. The spectra were determined using the Monte Carlo particle transport code BEAMnrc and are provided as electronic files. In order to verify the simulations, from the same simulations the depth dose curves in a phantom were deduced and compared with corresponding measurements - the agreement is quite good - proving the correctness of the particle spectra. © 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl.