The Compton Current and the Energy Deposition Rate from Gamma Quanta — A Monte Carlo Calculation

Robert LeLevier

ResearchPublished 1964

A calculation of the space-time dependence of the Compton current and the energy deposition rate generated by the prompt gamma rays from an atmospheric nuclear explosion. The Memorandum calculates, by the Monte Carlo technique, the effects of the energy spectrum of the gamma quanta and the time-spreading due to the multiple scattering of the quanta. With the Maienschein prompt gamma ray spectrum, the main contribution to the Compton current in the sea level density air comes from gamma quanta energies of 1.5 Mev at a distance of 500 meters from the source. At 1000 meters, the spectrum hardens and the important energies center around 2.5 Mev.

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LeLevier, Robert, The Compton Current and the Energy Deposition Rate from Gamma Quanta — A Monte Carlo Calculation. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1964. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4151.html.
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