A comparison of total reaction cross section models used in FLUKA, GEANT4 and PHITS

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sihver, L ^a,b,c,d,e   Lantz, M ^f   Bohlen, T T ^g,h   Mairani, A ⁱ   Cerutti, A F ^g   Ferrari, A ^g  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; COMPLEX PROPERTIES; CROSS SECTION; DE-EXCITATIONS; EVAPORATION MODEL; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; HEAVY-ION TRANSPORT; HIGH ENERGY PROTON; IMPACT-PARAMETER; INTERPLANETARY MISSION; LOW ENERGIES; LUNAR BASE; MONTE CARLO PARTICLES; MULTI-PURPOSE; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; RADIATION RISK; RADIOPROTECTION; REACTION CROSS-SECTIONS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SHIELDING PROPERTIES; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS; SPACE DOSIMETRY; SWITCHING TIME; TRANSPORT CALCULATION;

BENCHMARKING; HEAVY IONS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOON BASES; RADIATION SHIELDING; RISK PERCEPTION; SWITCHING FUNCTIONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84861134246     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2012.6187014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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