A computationally effcient moment-preserving Monte Carlo proton transport method in Geant4

D.A. Dixon; A.K. Prinja; A.P. McCartney; H.G. Hughes

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201715306005

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 153, 2017 ICRS-13 & RPSD-2016, 13^th International Conference on Radiation Shielding & 19^th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division of the American Nuclear Society - 2016


Article Number		06005
Number of page(s)		8
Section		6. Calculation Methods Monte Carlo & Deterministic
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715306005
Published online		25 September 2017

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[1] R. Evans, The Atomic Nucleus, McGraw-Hill, New York, tenth printing edition, (1955). [Google Scholar]

[2] M. Berger, “Monte Carlo Calculation of the Penetration and Diffusion of Fast Charged Particles,” Proc. Methods in Computational Physics, volume 1 of Statistical Physics, p. 135-215, Advances in Research and Applications, Academic Press, 1963. [Google Scholar]

[3] A. Bielajew and D. D. O. Rogers, “PRESTA: The Parameter Reduced Electron-Step Transport Algorithm for Electron Monte Carlo Transport,” Nucl. Instr. Meth. B, 18, 165–181 (1986). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[4] A. Bielajew and F. Salvat, “Improved electron transport mechanics in the PENELOPE Monte-Carlo model,” Nucl. Instr. Meth. B, 173, 332–343 (2001). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[5] F. Salvat, J. M. Fernández-Varea, and J. Sempau, PENELOPE- 2011: A Code System for Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport, Universitat de Barcelona, 2011. [Google Scholar]

[6] G. Molière, “Theori der Streuung schneller geladener Teilchen I: Einzelstreuung am abgeschirmten Coulomb Field,” Z. Naturforsch., 2a, 133 (1947). [Google Scholar]

[7] P. V. Vavilov, “Ionization Losses of High-Energy Heavy Particles,” Sov. Phys. JETP, 5, 4, 920-923 (1957). [Google Scholar]

[8] D. Dixon, A. Prinja, and B. Franke, “A computationally efficient moment-preserving Monte Carlo electron transport method with implementation in Geant4,” Nucl. Instr. Meth. B,359, 20–35 (2015). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

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