The spectrum of photoneutrons produced by a 15 MV VARIAN iX linac working in Bremsstrahlung mode was measured a 100 cm from the IC located 5 cm-depth of a solid water phantom. The spectrum was measured with a Bonner spheres spectrometer with pairs of TLDs as thermal neutron detector. The measurements were carried out using the spectrometer in planetary method mode where a single shoot of the LINAC was required.
Keywords: Bonner sphere spectrometer; Linac; Monte Carlo; Neutron spectrum; Photoneutrons.
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