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R. M. Rubin, R. E. Faw
Nuclear Technology | Volume 11 | Number 1 | May 1971 | Pages 105-114
Technical Paper | Radiation | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30908
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Exposure angular distributions of scattered gamma rays at points along the axis of plane-disk isotropic 60Co sources, imbedded in an infinite air medium (air density = 1.293 g/liter), have been calculated using the moments method solution to the gamma-ray transport equation. The method is based on the Legendre-moments transformation of the transport equation for scattered energy flux density at a height z above an infinite-plane isotropic source. Coefficients of the Legendre expansions were reconstructed using standard biorthogonal polynomial techniques. An extrapolation technique is developed to extend the number of Legendre coefficients to smooth resulting distributions. Results are given for disks of radius 100 ft to infinity at detector heights of 3 to 1000 ft above the source plane.