Monte Carlo simulation of the electron transport through thin slabs:: A comparative study of PENELOPE, GEANT3, GEANT4, EGSNRC and MCNPX

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

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Vilches, M. ; Garcia-Pareja, S. ; Guerrero, R. ; Anguiano, M. ; Lallena, A. M.

关键词: electron transport;    thin slabs;    PENELOPE;    GEANT3;    GEANT4;    EGSNRC;    MCNPX;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.061

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The Monte Carlo simulation of the electron transport through thin slabs is studied with five general purpose codes: PENELOPE, GEANT3, GEANT4, EGSNRC and MCNPX. The different material foils analyzed in the old experiments of Kulchitsky and Latyshev [L.A. Kulchitsky, G.D. Latyshev, Phys. Rev. 61 (1942) 254] and Hanson et al. [A.O. Hanson, L.H. Lanzl, E.M. Lyman, M.B. Scott, Phys. Rev. 84 (1951) 634) are used to perform the comparison between the Monte Carlo codes. Non-negligible differences are observed in the angular distributions of the transmitted electrons obtained with the some of the codes. The experimental data are reasonably well described by EGNRC, PENELOPE (v.2005) and GEANT4. A general good agreement is found for EGSNRC and PENELOPE (v.2005) in all the cases analyzed. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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