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PENELOPE, an algorithm and computer code for Monte Carlo simulation of electron-photon showers

Abstract

The FORTRAN 77 subroutine package PENELOPE performs Monte Carlo simulation of electron-photon showers in arbitrary for a wide energy range, from 1 keV to several hundred MeV. Photon transport is simulated by means of the standard, detailed simulation scheme. Electron and positron histories are generated on the basis of a mixed procedure, which combines detailed simulation of hard events with condensed simulation of soft interactions. A simple geometry package permits the generation of random electron-photon showers in material systems consisting of homogeneous bodies limited by quadric surfaces, i.e. planes, spheres, cylinders, etc. This report is intended not only to serve as a manual of the simulation package, but also to provide the user with the necessary information to understand the details of the Monte Carlo algorithm. (Author) 108 refs.
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 1996
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
CIEMAT-799
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; COMPUTER CODES; P CODES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; FORTRAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; PHOTON EMISSION
OSTI ID:
20930131
Research Organizations:
Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)
Country of Origin:
Spain
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: ES07B0497
Availability:
Commercial reproduction prohibited; OSTI as DE20930131
Submitting Site:
SPN
Size:
157 pages
Announcement Date:
Sep 27, 2007

Citation Formats

Salvat, F, Fernandez-Varea, J M, Baro, J, and Sempau, J. PENELOPE, an algorithm and computer code for Monte Carlo simulation of electron-photon showers. Spain: N. p., 1996. Web.
Salvat, F, Fernandez-Varea, J M, Baro, J, & Sempau, J. PENELOPE, an algorithm and computer code for Monte Carlo simulation of electron-photon showers. Spain.
Salvat, F, Fernandez-Varea, J M, Baro, J, and Sempau, J. 1996. "PENELOPE, an algorithm and computer code for Monte Carlo simulation of electron-photon showers." Spain.
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title = {PENELOPE, an algorithm and computer code for Monte Carlo simulation of electron-photon showers}
author = {Salvat, F, Fernandez-Varea, J M, Baro, J, and Sempau, J}
abstractNote = {The FORTRAN 77 subroutine package PENELOPE performs Monte Carlo simulation of electron-photon showers in arbitrary for a wide energy range, from 1 keV to several hundred MeV. Photon transport is simulated by means of the standard, detailed simulation scheme. Electron and positron histories are generated on the basis of a mixed procedure, which combines detailed simulation of hard events with condensed simulation of soft interactions. A simple geometry package permits the generation of random electron-photon showers in material systems consisting of homogeneous bodies limited by quadric surfaces, i.e. planes, spheres, cylinders, etc. This report is intended not only to serve as a manual of the simulation package, but also to provide the user with the necessary information to understand the details of the Monte Carlo algorithm. (Author) 108 refs.}
place = {Spain}
year = {1996}
month = {Jul}
}