Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXVI

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2. Plenary Talks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Some Random Thoughts on Monte Carlo Electron and Photon Transport

      • A. F. Bielajew

      Pages 1-6

   3. Remarkable Moments in the History of Neutron Transport Monte Carlo Methods

      • I. Lux

      Pages 7-15

   4. Hadronic Monte Carlo Transport: A Very Personal View

      • R. E. Prael

      Pages 17-20

   5. Highlights of Hadronic Sessions, Speculations and Perspective Views

      • D. Filges, W. Gudowski

      Pages 21-26

3. Session Electron-Gamma I: Electron Interaction Physics / Electron Transport Mechanics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Analog Electron Physics. Interaction Cross-Sections

      • F. Salvat, J. M. Fernández-Varea, S. Segui

      Pages 27-32

   3. Modelling the Generalized Oscillator Strength for Low-Energy Electron or Positron Inelastic Scattering

      • D. Liljequist, J. M. Fernández-Varea, F. Salvat

      Pages 33-38

   4. Low-Energy Electron Scattering in Solids — a Monte Carlo Approach

      • H.-J. Fitting, J.-Ch. Kuhr

      Pages 39-42

   5. Monte Carlo Simulation of Few-keV Positrons Penetrating in Solids

      • M. Dapor, A. Miotello

      Pages 43-47

   6. A “Transport” Condensed History Method

      • E. W. Larsen, D. R. Tolar Jr.

      Pages 49-54

4. Session Electron-Gamma II: Photon Interaction Physics / Applications I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. A Half Century of Monte Carlo, from Slide Rule and Mechanical Desk Calculator to the Laptop Supercomputer

      • J. H. Hubbell, S. M. Seltzer

      Pages 55-62

   3. Comparison of EGS4 and Measurements Regarding K-X ray and Bremsstrahlung Photons

      • Y. Namito, H. Hirayama

      Pages 63-68

   4. EGS4 Modelling of Coherent Scattering in the Biological Context

      • A. Taibi, A. Tartari, M. Gambaccini

      Pages 69-74

   5. Implementation of the Anomalous Dispersion of Rayleigh Scattered Photons in EGS4 Code

      • C. Baraldi, E. Casnati, G. Di Domenico, A. Tartari

      Pages 75-80

   6. Backscattering from Gold Irradiated with 15–40 keV Photons

      • N. Nariyama

      Pages 81-86

   7. Monte Carlo Polarimetric Efficiency Simulations for a Single Monolithic CdTe Thick Matrix

      • R. M. Curado da Silva, M. Hage-Ali, E. Caroli, P. Siffert, J. B. Stephen

      Pages 87-92

   8. Simulations for X-Ray Synchrotron Beams Using the EGS4 Code System in Medical Applications

      • I. Orion, F. A. Dilmanian, Z. Zhong, A. B. Rosenfeld, A. Henn, I. Sagi et al.

      Pages 93-98

This book focusses on the state of the art of Monte Carlo methods in radiation physics and particle transport simulation and applications, the latter involving in particular, the use and development of electron--gamma, neutron--gamma and hadronic codes. Besides the basic theory and the methods employed, special attention is paid to algorithm development for modeling, and the analysis of experiments and measurements in a variety of fields ranging from particle to medical physics.

• Monte Carlo
• Neutron
• Variance
• computational physics
• computer codes
• mechanics
• medical accelerators
• medical physics
• numerical physics
• particle physics
• radiation physics
• radiotherapy
• simulation methods

• Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Sacavém, Portugal

  Andreas Kling

• Laboratório de Instrumentação e Partículas, Lisboa, Portugal

  Fernando J. C. Baräo

• Department of Nuclear Energy System, JAERI, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

  Masayuki Nakagawa

• Departamento da Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

  Luis Távora

• Departamento de Física, IST, Lisboa, Portugal

  Pedro Vaz

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