Indian Journal of Physics, ( ISI ), Volume (80), No (7), Year (2006-5) , Pages (727-736)

Title : Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in metallic and biological materials ( Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in metallic and biological materials )

Authors: Mohammad Farhad Rahimi , Nima Ghal-Eh ,

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Abstract

A simple Monte Carlo procedure is described for simulating the multiple scattering and absorption of electrons with a definite incident energy in the range of keV up to 20 MeV, moving perpendicular or at a definite angle through one slab, or two adjacent slabs of uniformly-distributed material of given atomic number, density and thickness. The simulation is based on a Screened Rutherford cross section and Bethe continuous energy-loss equation. Programs were written in FORTRAN to determine : scattering, backscattering, transmission and absorption coefficients, providing the user with a graphical output of the electron trajectories. The results of several simulations are presented by using various numbers of electrons. The program is used to analyze the relation between the energy and the range of electron in the slab, the scattering, backscattering, absorption, transmission coefficients and the angular distribution. The technique has been applied to the transport properties of the electron through body tissue, bone and water slab by dividing media into several parts of different materials. Comparisons show that the results are in good agreement with the MCNP code within the range of energy considered and with the experimental data of Linear Electron Accelerator of Imam-Reza Hospital in Mashhad, Iran.

Keywords

, Electron transport, Monte Carlo simulation, electron linear accelerator, MCNP code, biological materials.
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title = {Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in metallic and biological materials},
journal = {Indian Journal of Physics},
year = {2006},
volume = {80},
number = {7},
month = {May},
issn = {0973-1458},
pages = {727--736},
numpages = {9},
keywords = {Electron transport; Monte Carlo simulation; electron linear accelerator; MCNP code; biological materials.},
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%T Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in metallic and biological materials
%A Rahimi, Mohammad Farhad
%A Ghal-Eh, Nima
%J Indian Journal of Physics
%@ 0973-1458
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