Electron-photon transport using the EGS4 Monte Carlo code

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5580236

Nelson, W R; Hirayama, H; Rogers, D W.O.

The EGS (Electron Gamma Shower) code system was formally introduced in 1978 as a package, most commonly referred to as EGS3. It was designed to simulate electromagnetic cascades in various geometries and at energies up to a few thousand gigaelectron volts and down to cutoff kinetic energies of 0.1 MeV (photons) and 1 MeV (electrons). There have been many requests to extend EGS3 down to lower energies and this is a major, but not the only, reason for creating EGS4, which is now available for general distribution and is the subject of this presentation.

• OSTI ID: 5580236
• Report Number(s): CONF-860610-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 52
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
COMPUTER CODES
E CODES
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY DEPENDENCE
FERMIONS
FORTRAN
GAMMA CASCADES
H CODES
LEPTONS
M CODES
MONTE CARLO METHOD
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NUCLEAR CASCADES
PHOTON TRANSPORT
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
RADIATION TRANSPORT