Gamma-Nuclear

60 MeV gammas interact in a Ca target. The invariant double-differential proton cross section is measured vs. angle and kinetic energy.
  • Reference: D. Ryckbosch et al., Phys. Rev. C 42, 444 (1990).

Simulation Conditions

  • Geant4 version: 6.1
  • Models: CHIPS

Comments

  • The variable k on the horizontal axis is the average of the proton momentum and kinetic energy
  • at 60 degrees the CHIPS model under-estimates the data by about 20%
  • at 90 degrees the model agrees fairly well with the data up to about 170 MeV, where it begins to over-estimate the data by up to a factor of 2
  • at 150 degrees the model over-estimates by an average of perhaps 10% or less

Summary

  • The CHIPS model agrees fairly well with data and does better at backward angles than at at forward angles.

Plots

60 MeV gammas on Ca: CHIPS model