Improved Cascade-Exciton Model of Nuclear Reactions

Abstract

Recent improvements to the Cascade-Exciton Model (CEM) of nuclear reactions are briefly described. They concern mainly the cascade stage of reactions and a better description of nuclei during the preequilibrium and evaporation stages of reactions. The development of the CEM concerning fission is given in a separate talk at this conference. The increased accuracy and predictive power of the CEM are shown by several examples. Possible further improvements to the CEM and other models are discussed.

23 pages, 12 figures, LaTeX, Talk given at the Fourth Workshop on Simulating Accelerator Radiation Environments (SARE4), Knoxville, Tennessee, September 14-16, 1998