Review of Heavy Charged Particle Transport in MCNP6.2

Zieb, Kristofer James Ekhart; Hughes, Henry Grady III; Xu, X. George; James, M. R.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.002

Title: Review of Heavy Charged Particle Transport in MCNP6.2

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The release of version 6.2 of the MCNP6 radiation transport code is imminent. To complement the newest release, a summary of the heavy charged particle physics models used in the 1 MeV to 1 GeV energy regime is presented. Several changes have been introduced into the charged particle physics models since the merger of the MCNP5 and MCNPX codes into MCNP6. Here, this article discusses the default models used in MCNP6 for continuous energy loss, energy straggling, and angular scattering of heavy charged particles. Explanations of the physics models’ theories are included as well.

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Zieb, Kristofer James Ekhart ^[1]; Hughes, Henry Grady III ^[2]; Xu, X. George ^[1]; James, M. R. ^[2]

Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-01-05

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1416280

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1582942

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-23488
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; TRN: US1800893

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 886; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Accelerator Design, Technology, and Operations; Atomic and Nuclear Physics; MCNP6, Hadrons, Charged Particles, Ions, Monte Carlo, Radiation Transport

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                    Zieb, Kristofer James Ekhart, Hughes, Henry Grady III, Xu, X. George, and James, M. R.. Review of Heavy Charged Particle Transport in MCNP6.2.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Zieb, Kristofer James Ekhart, Hughes, Henry Grady III, Xu, X. George, & James, M. R.. Review of Heavy Charged Particle Transport in MCNP6.2.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.002

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  title        = {Review of Heavy Charged Particle Transport in MCNP6.2},

  author       = {Zieb, Kristofer James Ekhart and Hughes, Henry Grady III and Xu, X. George and James, M. R.},

  abstractNote = {The release of version 6.2 of the MCNP6 radiation transport code is imminent. To complement the newest release, a summary of the heavy charged particle physics models used in the 1 MeV to 1 GeV energy regime is presented. Several changes have been introduced into the charged particle physics models since the merger of the MCNP5 and MCNPX codes into MCNP6. Here, this article discusses the default models used in MCNP6 for continuous energy loss, energy straggling, and angular scattering of heavy charged particles. Explanations of the physics models’ theories are included as well.},

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  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

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  volume       = 886,

  place        = {United States},

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