Fast sampling algorithm for the simulation of photon Compton scattering

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 379, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 167-175

  Brusa, D ^a   Stutz, G ^a   Riveros, J A ^a   Fernandez Varea J M ^b   Salvat, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Binding effects; Compton scattering; Doppler broadening; Energy deposition; Incoherent photon scattering; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SAMPLING; SCATTERING;

BINDING EFFECTS; ENERGY DEPOSITION; FAST SAMPLING ALGORITHMS; INCOHERENT PHOTON SCATTERING; PHOTON COMPTON SCATTERING; RELATIVISTIC IMPULSE APPROXIMATION; RIBBERFORS FORMULA;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0030247368     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(96)00652-3     Document Type: Article

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