Monte Carlo Simulation of the Electron Transport Through Air Slabs: A Comparative Study of penelope, geant3, geant4 and egsnrc Monte Carlo Codes

Monte Carlo Simulation of the Electron Transport Through Air Slabs: A Comparative Study of penelope, geant3, geant4 and egsnrc Monte Carlo Codes

The Monte Carlo simulation of the electron transport through air slabs is studied with four codes: PENELOPE, GEANT3, Geant4 and EGSnrc. Monoenergetic electron beams with energies 6, 12 and 18 MeV are considered to impinge on air slabs with thicknesses ranging from 10 to 100 cm. The angular and radia...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science 2008-04, Vol.55 (2), p.710-716
Hauptverfasser: Vilches, M., Garcia-Pareja, S., Guerrero, R., Anguiano, M., Lallena, A.M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Air slabs
Analytical models
Computer simulation
Dosimetry
egs nrc
Electron beams
Electron transport
Electrons
Energy (nuclear)
g eant4
geant 3
Hospitals
Ionization chambers
Linear accelerators
Linear particle accelerator
Monte Carlo methods
penelope
Radial distribution
Scattering
Slabs
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Zusammenfassung:The Monte Carlo simulation of the electron transport through air slabs is studied with four codes: PENELOPE, GEANT3, Geant4 and EGSnrc. Monoenergetic electron beams with energies 6, 12 and 18 MeV are considered to impinge on air slabs with thicknesses ranging from 10 to 100 cm. The angular and radial distributions of the transmitted electrons are used to make a comparison between the codes. Non-negligible differences are observed in the radial distributions. These differences produce worth effects in the macroscopical dose distribution absorbed in a water phantom situated behind the slabs.
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.2008.918740