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Simulation of Ionizing Radiation Transport

Language of instruction angličtina, čeština
Code 480-6004
Abbreviation STIZ
Course title Simulation of Ionizing Radiation Transport
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator prof. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa

Summary

The subject deepens the knowledge of interactions of photons, neutrons and charged particles with matter and deepens the knowledge of software used in ionizing-radiation transport simulations and is application oriented.

Literature

1. A. Haghighat: Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport, CRC Press, 2015.

2. Ch. Perfetti (ed.): Monte Carlo Methods and Codes for Nuclear Engineering Analysis, Elsevier, 2019.

3. J.S. Hendricks, M.T. Swinhoe, A. Favalli: Monte Carlo N-Particle Simulations for Nuclear Detection and Safeguards: An Example-Based Guide for Students and Practitioners, Springer, 2022.

Advised literature

1. J. A. Kulesza, T. R. Adams, J. C. Armstrong, S. R. Bolding, F. B. Brown, J. S. Bull, T. P. Burke, A. R. Clark, R. A. Forster III, J. F. Giron, A. S. Grieve, C. J. Josey, R. L. Martz, G. W. McKinney, E. J. Pearson, M. E. Rising, C. J. Solomon Jr., S. Swaminarayan, T. J. Trahan, C. A. Weaver, S. C. Wilson, A. J. Zukaitis. MCNP® Code Version 6.3.1 Theory & User Manual. Los Alamos National Laboratory Tech. Rep. LA-UR-24-24602, Rev. 1. Los Alamos, NM, USA. May 2024.

2. Geant4 Collaboration: Book For Application Developers, Release 11.3, 2024 (https://geant4-userdoc.web.cern.ch/UsersGuides/ForApplicationDeveloper/fo/BookForApplicationDevelopers.pdf)