Abstract
Of the many possible applications of electron-photon Monte Carlo calculations to problems in radiation physics, a significant subset can be carried out in rather simple geometry, such as slabs or cylinders composed of a single, or perhaps a few, materials. Consideration of simple geometries tends to aid our understanding of the transport results, and often facilitates the development of calculated datasets which can be applied to the solution of a general set of problems without further recourse to the Monte Carlo calculations. In this paper we give a few examples of such problems, which have been investigated through ETRAN Monte Carlo calculations.
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Seltzer, S.M. (1988). Applications of ETRAN Monte Carlo Codes. In: Jenkins, T.M., Nelson, W.R., Rindi, A. (eds) Monte Carlo Transport of Electrons and Photons. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 38. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1059-4_9
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