New algorithms for the vavilov distribution calculation and the corresponding energy loss sampling

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2288-2292

  Chibani, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Energy loss; Monte carlo; Straggling; Vavilov

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

STRAGGLING FUNCTIONS; VAVILOV DISTRIBUTION;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0032184311     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.725266     Document Type: Article

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