Practical aspects of Monte Carlo simulation of charged particle transport: Mixed algorithms and variance reduction techniques

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-22

  Salvat, F ^a   Fernandez Varea J M ^a   Sempau, J ^b   Mazurier, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BREMS RADIATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; POSITRON; PROBABILITY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344867850     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050133     Document Type: Review

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