Simulation of muon transport at high energy: Comparison of few different codes

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

Volumn 394, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 136-145

  Battistoni, G ^a   Ferrari, A ^a   Forti, C ^b   Scapparone, E ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray muons; Interaction of particles with matter; Monte Carlo models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COSMIC MUONS TRANSPORT; MUON INTERACTION WITH MATTER;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 0031191715     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00592-5     Document Type: Article

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