Monte Carlo simulation of x-ray spectra generated by kilo-electron-volt electrons

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3844-3851

  Llovet, X ^a   Sorbier, L ^b   Campos, C S ^a,c   Acosta, E ^a   Salvat, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON IMPACT;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

EID: 0037391003     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1545154     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. K. Tsuji, Z. Spolnik, and K. Wagatsuma, Spectrochim. Acta, Part B 56, 2197 (2001).
2. M. Bhat, J. Pattison, G. Bibbo, and M. Caon, Med. Phys. 26, 303 (1999).
3. S. Pepper and D. R. Wheeler, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 71, 1509 (2000).
4. D. B. Brown and J. V. Gilfrich, J. Appl. Phys. 42, 4044 (1975).
5. P.J. Statham, X-Ray Spectron 5, 154 (1976).
6. Z. J. Ding, R. Shimizu, and K. Obori, J. Appl. Phys. 76, 7180 (1994).
7. K. Araki, Y. Kimura, and R. Shimizu. Scanning Microsc. Suppl. 7, 81 (1993).
8. J. Sempau, E. Acosta, J. Baró, J. M. Fernández-Varea, and F. Salvat, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 132, 377 (1997).
9. J. Baró, J. Sempau, J. M. Fernández-Varea. and F. Salvat, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 100, 31 (1995).
10. E. Acosta, X. Llovet, E. Coleoni, J. A. Riveros, and F. Salvat, J. Appl. Phys. 83, 6038 (1998).
11. R. Mayol R and F. Salvat, J. Phys. B 23, 2117 (1990).
12. P. Kirkpatrick and L. Wiedmann, Phys. Rev. 67, 321 (1945).
13. N. S. Shin, Y. M. Koo, C. H. Chang, and H. Padmore, J. Appl. Phys. 86, 902 (1999).
14. E. Acosta, X. Llovet, and F. Salvat, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3228 (2002).
15. S. M. Seltzer and M. J. Berger, At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 35, 345 (1986).
16. L. Kissel, C. A. Quarles, and R. H. Pratt, At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 28, 381 (1983).
17. S. Segui, E. Acosta, M. Dingfelder, J. M. Fernández-Varea, and F. Salvat (unpublished).
18. X. Llovet, C. Merlet, and F. Salvat, J. Phys. B 35, 973 (2002).
19. C. Campos, M. A. Z. Vasconcellos, X. Llovet, and F. Salvat, Phys. Rev. A 66, 012 719 (2002).
20. S. T. Perkins, D. E. Cullen, M. H. Chen, J. H. Hubbell, J. Rathkopf, and J. Scofield, Report UCRL-50400 30 (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 1991).
21. F. Salvat, J. M. Fernández-Varea, E. Acosta, and J. Sempau, PENELOPE - A code system for Monte Carlo simulation of Electron and Photon Transport, (OECD/NEA Data Bank, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 2001). Available in PDF format from www.nea.fr.
22. R. Mayol and F. Salvat, At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 65, 55 (1997).
23. M. J. Berger and S. M. Seltzer, National Bureau of Standards, Report NBSIR 82-2550 Washington (1982): also available as ICRU Report 37 (1984).
24. M. J. Berger and S. M. Seltzer, National Bureau of Standards, Report NBSIR 82-2550 Washington (1982): also available as ICRU Report 37 (1984).
25. S. M. Seltzer and M. J. Berger, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 12, 95 (1985).
26. K. Shima, T. Nakagawa, K. Umetani, and T. Mikumo, Phys. Rev. A 24, 72 (1981).
27. C. J. Powell, in Electron Impact Ionization, edited by T. D. Mark and D. H. Dunn (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1985).
28. A. J. Walker, ACM Trans. Math. Softw. 3, 253 (1977).
29. F. Salvat, Comput. Phys. Commun. 46, 427 (1987).
30. OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank. Le Seine Saint-Germain, 12 Boulevard des Iles, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux. France (e-mail: nea@nea.fr).
31. F. Q. He, X.G. Long, X. F. Peng, Z. M. Luo, and Z. An, Ada Phys. Sin. 5, 499 (1996).
32. Z. M. Luo, Z. An, F. He, T. Li, L. M. Wang, and X. Y. Xia, J. Phys. B 230, 2681 (1997).
33. S. I. Salem and L. D. Moreland, Phys. Lett. 37A, 161 (1971).
34. D. V. Davis, V. D. Mistry, and C. A. Quarles, Phys. Lett. 38A, 169 (1972).
35. J. A. Bearden, Rev. Mod. Phys. 39, 78 (1967).
36. H. Schneider, I. Tobehn, F. Ebel, and R. Hippler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2707 (1993).
37. D. Brusa, G. Stutz, J. A. Riveros, J. M. Fernández-Varea, and F. Salvat, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 379, 167 (1996).
38. J. H. Hubbell, W. S. Veigele, E. A. Briggs, R. T. Brown. D. T. Cromer, and R. J. Howerton, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 4, 471 (1975); 6, 615(E) (1977).
39. J. H. Hubbell, W. S. Veigele, E. A. Briggs, R. T. Brown. D. T. Cromer, and R. J. Howerton, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 4, 471 (1975); 6, 615(E) (1977).
40. M. J. Berger and J. H. Hubbell. National Bureau of Standards, Report NBSIR 87-3797, Washington (1987).
41. J. H. Hubbell, P. N. Trehan, N. Singh, B. Chand, D. Mehta, M. L. Garg, R. R. Garg, S. Singh S, and S. Puri, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 23, 339 (1994).
42. D. E. Cullen, M. H. Chen, J. H. Hubbell, S. T. Perkins, E. F. Plechaty, J. A. Rathkopf, and J. H. Scofield. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Report UCRL-50400, Vol. 6, Rev. 4, Parts A and B (1989).
43. H. D. Keith and T. C. Loomis, X-Ray Spectrom. 5, 93 (1976).
44. P. J. Statham, J. Microsc. 123, 1 (1981).