Combining stochastics and analytics for a fast Monte Carlo decay chain generator

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

Volumn 654, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-175

  Kazkaz, K ^a   Walsh, N ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay chain; Event generator; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION TIME; DECAY CHAINS; EVENT GENERATOR; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO PROGRAMS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PARENT NUCLEUS; POST PROCESSING; SIMULATION COST; SMALL GROUPS; SOURCE TYPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; STOCHASTICS; TIME CORRELATIONS; TIME ORDERING;

ALGORITHMS; ISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; URANIUM;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

EID: 80052910805     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.06.069     Document Type: Article

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