Particle modeling of transport of -ray generated ion clusters in air

Tong, L.*; Nambu, Kenichi*; Hirata, Yosuke*; Izumi, Mikio*; Miyamoto, Yasuaki; Yamaguchi, Hiromi

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1, 45(10B), p.8217 - 8220, 2006/10

https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.45.8217

A particle model is developed using the test-particle Monte Carlo method to study the transport properties of alpha-ray generated ion clusters in a flow of air. The simulated transport properties provide a theoretical basis for designing the alpha radioactivity measurement system. An accurate ion-molecule collision model is proposed to simulate the collisions between ion and air molecule. The recombination between positive and negative ions is simulated using Nanu and Denpoh method [J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 67(1998) 1288]. The calculations are performed from low gas pressures of 0.001 and 0.01 atm to high gas pressures of 0.1 and 1 atm in a circular pipe. The simulation presents such a steady state ion transport that the generation of ions reaches a quasi-equilibrium with the loss of ions, absorbed by a measuring sensor and lost on the pipe wall.