Monte Carlo simulation of the electron transport through thin slabs: A comparative study of penelope, geant3, geant4, egsnrc and mcnpx

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-230

  Vilches, M ^a   Garcia Pareja S ^b   Guerrero, R ^c   Anguiano, M ^d   Lallena, A M ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

egsnrc; Electron transport; geant3; geant4; mcnpx; penelope; Thin slabs

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EGSNRC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEANT3; GEANT4; PENELOPE; THIN SLABS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 33846279414     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.061     Document Type: Article

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