BDSIM: A particle tracking code for accelerator beam-line simulations including particle-matter interactions

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

Volumn 606, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 708-712

  Agapov, I ^a   Blair, G A ^b   Malton, S ^b   Deacon, L ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerator; Particle tracking code

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR; ACCELERATOR BEAMS; FAST-TRACKING; PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE TRACKING CODE; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE-MATTER INTERACTIONS; RUNTIME;

PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 67649435528     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.04.040     Document Type: Article

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