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Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications

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PENELOPE (an acronym for PENetration and Energy LOss of Positrons and Electrons) is a general-purpose Monte Carlo code system for the simulation of coupled electron-photon transport in complex material structures. Its most characteristic feature is the systematic use of mixed simulation (class II schemes in the terminology of Berger [1]) for electrons and positrons. This not only improves the accuracy of the simulation but also simplifies the structure and operation of the code. The reliability of the code has been tested by means of extensive comparisons with experimental data and with results from analog codes.

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  1. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universität Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain

    J. Sempau

  2. Facultat de Física (ECM), Universität de Barcelona. Societat Catalana de Física (IEC), Diagonal 647, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain

    J. M. Fernández-Varea, F. Salvat, E. Benedito, M. Dingfelder & H. Oulad ben Tahar

  3. Serveis Cientificotècnics, Universität de Barcelona, Lluís Solé i Sabarís 1-3, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain

    X. Llovet

  4. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Medina Allende y Haya de la Torre, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina

    E. Acosta

  5. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, E-08036, Barcelona, Spain

    A. Sánchez-Reyes & J. Asenjo

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  1. Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Estrada Nacional no. 10, 2686-953, Sacavém, Portugal

    Andreas Kling

  2. Laboratório de Instrumentação e Partículas, Av. Elias Garcia, 14-1° Rovisco Pais, 1000-149, Lisboa, Portugal

    Fernando J. C. Baräo

  3. Department of Nuclear Energy System, JAERI, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, 319-1195, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

    Masayuki Nakagawa

  4. Departamento da Física, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-516, Coimbra, Portugal

    Luis Távora

  5. Departamento de Física, IST, AV. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal

    Pedro Vaz

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Sempau, J. et al. (2001). Status of PENELOPE. In: Kling, A., Baräo, F.J.C., Nakagawa, M., Távora, L., Vaz, P. (eds) Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18211-2_25

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