PENELOPE 2011 : A code system for Monte Carlo simulation of electron and photon transport : workshop proceedings, Barcelona, Spain, 4-7 July 2011 / Francesc Salvat, José M. Fernández-Varea, Josep Sempau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salvat, Francesc, author.

Fernández-Varea, José M., author.

Sempau, Josep, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 369 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

PENELOPE 2011

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2011.

Summary:

The computer code system PENELOPE (version 2011) performs Monte Carlo simulation of coupled electron-photon transport in arbitrary materials for a wide energy range, from a few hundred eV to about 1 GeV. Photon transport is simulated by means of the standard, detailed simulation scheme. Electron and positron histories are generated on the basis of a mixed procedure, which combines detailed simulation of hard events with condensed simulation of soft interactions. A geometry package called PENGEOM permits the generation of random electron-photon showers in material systems consisting of homogeneous bodies limited by quadric surfaces, i.e. planes, spheres, cylinders, etc. This report is intended not only to serve as a manual of the PENELOPE code system, but also to provide the user with the necessary information to understand the details of the Monte Carlo algorithm.

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ISBN:

92-64-90923-0