Calculation of the energy deposition in a water beam dump

The energy deposition per interacting proton in GeV/cm/sup 3/ and the star density in star/cm/sup 3/ have been calculated in a water cylinder with a Monte Carlo computer program. These calculations permit the estimation of the temperature rise, induced radioactivity, etc., in beam dumps of high energy accelerator and storage rings. The calculation assumed a cylinder of different diameters and lengths and an incident proton beam energy of 20, 200, 300 and 400 GeV. (5 refs).