An update about recent developments of the PHITS code

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 892-899

  Sihver, L ^a,b   Sato, T ^c   Gustafsson, K ^a   Mancusi, D ^a   Iwase, H ^d   Niita, K ^e   Nakashima, H ^c   Sakamoto, Y ^c   Iwamoto, Y ^c   Matsuda, N ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^e RIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galactic cosmic rays; Heavy ions; Monte Carlo; PHITS; Radiation shielding; Transport code

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BIOINFORMATICS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COSMOLOGY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; GROUND STATE; HEAVY IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIATION SHIELDING;

ACCELERATOR FACILITIES; ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; DOSE-DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTERS; PARTICLE AND HEAVY ION TRANSPORT CODE SYSTEMS; PHITS; TRANSPORT CODES;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 77249172593     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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