MARINA FALLONE KOSKINAS

MARINA FALLONE KOSKINAS

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Graduate at Física from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1972), master's at Nuclear Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (1978) and ph.d. at Nuclear Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (1988). Has experience in Nuclear Engineering, focusing on Instrumentation for Measure and Control of Radiation, acting on the following subjects: radionuclide metrology, standardizations in coincidence system, determination of nuclear parameters, gamma emission probability per decay. (Text obtained from the Currículo Lattes on November 17th 2021)

Possui graduação em Física pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1972), mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear pela Universidade de São Paulo (1978) e doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear pela Universidade de São Paulo (1988). Atualmente é pesquisador titular do Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares. Tem experiência na área de Engenharia Nuclear, com ênfase em Instrumentação para Medida e Controle de Radiação, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: metrologia de radionuclídeos, padronização em sistemas de coincidências, determinação de parâmetros nucleares como probabilidade de emissão gama por decaimento. (Texto extraído do Currículo Lattes em 17 nov. 2021)

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Primary standardization and Monte Carlo modeling of ( 243Am + 239Np) by means of a 4π(PC)-γ coincidence counting system
2023 - KOSKINAS, MARINA F.; MOREIRA, DENISE S.; YAMAZAKI, IONE M.; COLONNO, MARCELO; SEMMLER, RENATO; MORAIS, THALES S.L.; DIAS, MAURO S.
The procedure followed by the Nuclear Metrology Laboratory (LMN) at the IPEN for the primary standardization of a ( 243Am + 239Np) solution, in secular equilibrium, is described. The measurement was carried out in a 4π(PC) (α,β)− γ coincidence system. The total activity per unit mass of the solution was determined by the extrapolation technique, using a software coincidence counting systsem. The extrapolation curves were compared with Monte Carlo calculations by means of Code ESQUEMA, used in previous works, which, was improved and applied in order to calculate the alpha, beta, gamma, X-rays and coincidence spectra.
k0‑IPEN
2023 - DIAS, MAURO da S.; SEMMLER, RENATO; KOSKINAS, MARINA F.; MOREIRA, DENISE S.; YAMAZAKI, IONE M.; BRANCACCIO, FRANCO; BARROS, LIVIA F.; RIBEIRO, RAFAEL V.; MORAIS, THALES S.L. de
A software package for INAA (Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis), developed at the Nuclear Metrology Laboratory of the IPEN-CNEN/SP, called k0-IPEN, is described. The package consists of a main program linked to nine subprograms designed to perform automatically most of the tasks necessary in order to obtain the mass fractions of the irradiated samples. External efficiency curves calculated by the Monte Carlo code MCNP6 can be read to extend the calibration curve to source to detector distances where only a few experimental points are available. Covariance analysis was used in all steps of the calculation. The validation of the code was tested in an intercomparison sponsored by the IAEA.
Experimental determination of k0 and Q0 values for 121Sb, 123Sb and 130Ba targets applying covariance analysis
2022 - BARROS, L.F.; DIAS, M.S.; KOSKINAS, M.F.
This work consists of an experimental determination of k0 and Q0 for 121Sb, 123Sb and 130Ba targets. Covariance analysis has been introduced to supply not only the overall uncertainties in these parameters but also their correlations. The irradiations were performed near the core of the IEA-R1 4.5 MW swimming-pool nuclear research reactor of the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN-CNEN/SP), in São Paulo, Brazil. The epithermal neutron flux shape parameter, alpha, at the irradiation position is very close to zero, which favors to obtain Q0 values more accurately. Two irradiations were carried out in sequence, using two sets of samples: the first with bare samples and the second inside a Cd cover. The activity measurements were carried out in a previously calibrated HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer. The measurements were corrected for: saturation, decay time, cascade summing, geometry, self-attenuation, measuring time and mass. Standard sources of 152Eu, 133Ba, 60Co and 137Cs traceable to a 4πβ−γ primary system were used to obtain the HPGe gamma-ray peak efficiency as a function of the energy. The experimental efficiency curve was performed by a fourth-degree polynomial fit, in the energy range of the standard sources, 121–1408 keV, it contains all correlations between points. For energies above 1408 keV, the efficiencies were obtained by the Monte Carlo Method. The covariance matrix methodology was applied to all uncertainties involved. The final values for k0 and Q0 were compared with the literature.
Primary standardization and determination of gamma ray emission intensities of Ho-166
2020 - YAMAZAKI, I.M.; KOSKINAS, M.F.; MOREIRA, D.S.; SEMMLER, R.; BRANCACCIO, F.; DIAS, M.S.
The procedure followed by the Nuclear Metrology Laboratory (LMN) at the IPEN-CNEN/SP, in S~ao Paulo, for the primary standardization of 166Ho is described. The activity of 166Ho was determined by the efficiency extrapolation technique applied to a 4πβ(PC)-γ coincidence system using a gas flow proportional counter in 4π geometry coupled to a 76 x 76 mm NaI(Tl) crystal. The results for the γ-rays intensities at 80.57 and 1379.45 keV were 0.0651(11) and 0.00904(11), respectively.
Experimental and theoretical cross sections for K-shell ionization of 52Te, 73Ta, and 83Bi by electrons with energies up to 100 keV
2019 - SANTOS, O.C.B.; VANIN, V.R.; MAIDANA, N.L.; MARTINS, M.N.; TABACNIKS, M.H.; RODRIGUES, C.L.; SILVA, T.F.; SANTOS, A.D.; BARROS, S.F.; GARCIA-ALVAREZ, J.A.; KOSKINAS, M.F.; FERNANDEZ-VAREA, J.M.; PINDZOLA, M.S.
In this work we present a combined experimental and theoretical study of K-shell ionization by electrons with energies close to the threshold. The ionization cross sections of the K shells of Te, Ta, and Bi atoms have been measured up to 100 keV with uncertainties ranging from 4% to 8%. In turn, calculations have been done using the subconfiguration average distorted-wave (SCADW) method, which includes the full two-body retarded electromagnetic interaction between the projectile and target electrons. The predictions of the SCADW method are in good agreement with the experimental data. In contrast, theoretical cross sections based on first-order perturbation theory where the transverse interaction is computed with plane waves instead of distorted waves underestimate the SCADW values as well as the experimental data. The difference between the two investigated ab initio formalisms grows with atomic number, being 3% for Te, 15% for Ta, and 25% for Bi. An additional comparison of both theoretical approaches with recent measurements for Au K supports the conclusion that the SCADW method reproduces well the experimental K-shell ionization cross section of atoms with intermediate to large Z near the threshold.
Data analysis software package for radionuclide standardization with a digital coincidence counting system
2020 - BRANCACCIO, F.; DIAS, M.S.; KOSKINAS, M.F.; MOREIRA, D.S.; TOLEDO, F. de
The Nuclear Metrology Laboratory (LMN) – IPEN, S~ao Paulo, Brazil – developed a Digital Coincidence System (DCS), based on the Coincidence Counting Methodology, in order to improve its capabilities in radionuclide primary-standardization. Digital process is implemented in two steps: data-acquisition (a set of measurements) and offline software data-analysis and calculation. The present work shows the basics of the data-acquisition unit (Software Coincidence System – SCS), describes the DCS’ data-analysis process and the initial approaches chosen for the implementation of the software package (Coincidence Analyzing Task – CAT). 152Eu standardization, performed for DCS testing, software expansion and validation, is briefly discussed.
Consistency test of coincidence-summing calculation methods for extended sources
2020 - SIMA, O.; DE VISMES OTT, A.; DIAS, M.S.; DRYAK, P.; FERREUX, L.; GURAU, D.; HURTADO, S.; JODLOWSKI, P.; KARFOPOULOS, K.; KOSKINAS, M.F.; LAUBENSTEIN, M.; LEE, Y.K.; LEPY, M.C.; LUCA, A.; MENEZES, M.O.; MOREIRA, D.S.; NIKOLIC, J.; PEYRES, V.; SAGANOWSKI, P.; SAVVA, M.I.; SEMMLER, R.; SOLC, J.; THANH, T.T.; TYMINSKA, K.; TYMINSKI, Z.; VIDMAR, T.; VUKANAC, I.; YUCEL, H.
An internal consistency test of the calculation of coincidence-summing correction factors FC for volume sources is presented. The test is based on exact equations relating the values of FC calculated for three ideal measurement configurations. The test is applied to a number of 33 sets of FC values sent by 21 teams. Most sets passed the test, but not the results obtained using the quasi-point source approximation; in the latter case the test qualitatively indicated the magnitude of the bias of FC.
Ionization cross sections of the Au L subshells by electron impact from the L3 threshold to 100 keV
2018 - BARROS, SUELEN F.; VANIN, VITO R.; MAIDANA, NORA L.; MARTINS, MARCOS N.; GARCIA-ALVAREZ, JUAN A.; SANTOS, OSVALDO C.B.; RODRIGUES, CLEBER L.; KOSKINAS, MARINA F.; FERNANDEZ-VAREA, JOSE M.
We measured the cross sections for Au Lα, Lβ, Lγ, Lℓ and Lη x-ray production by the impact of electrons with energies from the L3 threshold to 100 keV using a thin Au film whose mass thickness was determined by Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry. The x-ray spectra were acquired with a Si drift detector, which allowed to separate the components of the Lγ multiplet lines. The measured Lα, Lβ, ${\rm{L}}{\gamma }_{1}$, L${\gamma }_{\mathrm{2,3,6}}$, ${\rm{L}}{\gamma }_{\mathrm{4,4}^{\prime} }$, ${\rm{L}}{\gamma }_{5}$, ${\rm{L}}{\ell }$ and Lη x-ray production cross sections were then employed to derive Au L1, L2 and L3 subshell ionization cross sections with relative uncertainties of 8%, 7% and 7%, respectively; these figures include the uncertainties in the atomic relaxation parameters. The correction for the increase in electron path length inside the Au film was estimated by means of Monte Carlo simulations. The experimental ionization cross sections are about 10% above the state-of-the-art distorted-wave calculations.
Measurement of doubly differential electron bremsstrahlung cross sections at the end point (tip) for C, Al, Te, Ta and Au
2017 - GARCIA-ALVAREZ, J.A.; FERNANDEZ-VAREA, J.M.; VANIN, V.R.; SANTOS, O.C.B.; BARROS, S.F.; MALAFRONTE, A.A.; RODRIGUES, C.L.; MARTINS, M.N.; KOSKINAS, M.F.; MAIDANA, N.L.
We have used the low-energy beam line of the São Paulo Microtron accelerator to study the maximum energy transfer point (tip) of electron–atom bremsstrahlung spectra for C, Al, Te, Ta and Au. Absolute cross sections differential in energy and angle of the emitted photon were measured for various electron kinetic energies between 20 and 100 keV, and photon emission angles of 35◦, 90◦ and 131◦. The bremsstrahlung spectra were collected with three HPGe detectors and their response functions were evaluated analytically. Rutherford backscattering spectrometry allowed us to obtain the thicknesses of the targets with good accuracy. We propose a simple model for the tip region of the bremsstrahlung spectrum emitted at a given angle, whose adjustable parameters are the mean energy of the incident beam and its spread as well as an amplitude. The model was fitted simultaneously to the pulse-height distributions recorded at the three angles, determining the doubly differential cross sections from the corresponding amplitudes. The measured values have uncertainties between 3% and 13%. The agreement of the experimental results with the theoretical partial-wave calculations of Pratt and co-workers depends on the analyzed element and angle but is generally satisfactory. In the case of Al and Au, the uncertainty attributed to the theory is probably overestimated.
Standardization of sup(18)F by means of 4 'pi' (PS) 'beta' - 'gamma' plastic scintillator coincidence system
2008 - BACCARELLI, AIDA M.; DIAS, MAURO S.; KOSKINAS, MARINA F.; BRANCACCIO, FRANCO