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PENELOPE
Francesc Salvat, José M.
Fernández-Varea, and Josep Sempau:
"PENELOPE-2006, A Code System
for Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport",
Workshop Proceedings, Barcelona, Spain, 4-7
July 2006
Language: English
, Published: 26-JUN-06 , 296 pages
NEA#06222, ISBN: 92-64-02301-1
PENELOPE-2008 manual to be published
Abstract:
The computer code system PENELOPE performs Monte Carlo
simulation of coupled electron-photon transport in arbitrary materials
for a wide energy range, from a few hundred eV to about 1GeV. 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.
The report / proceedings are 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.
Last updated: 26 February 2008
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