MUM: Flexible precise Monte Carlo algorithm for muon propagation through thick layers of matter

Physical Review D

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2001, Pages

  Sokalski, Igor A ^a   Bugaev, Edgar V ^a   Klimushin, Sergey I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUON; PARTICLE RADIATION; RADIATION ENERGY; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85038284428     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.074015     Document Type: Article

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