Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications: Proceedings of the Monte Carlo 2000 Conference, Lisbon, 23–26 October 2000

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Some Random Thoughts on Monte Carlo Electron and Photon Transport....Pages 1-6
Remarkable Moments in the History of Neutron Transport Monte Carlo Methods....Pages 7-15
Hadronic Monte Carlo Transport: A Very Personal View....Pages 17-20
Highlights of Hadronic Sessions, Speculations and Perspective Views....Pages 21-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Analog Electron Physics. Interaction Cross-Sections....Pages 27-32
Modelling the Generalized Oscillator Strength for Low-Energy Electron or Positron Inelastic Scattering....Pages 33-38
Low-Energy Electron Scattering in Solids — a Monte Carlo Approach....Pages 39-42
Monte Carlo Simulation of Few-keV Positrons Penetrating in Solids....Pages 43-47
A “Transport” Condensed History Method....Pages 49-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
A Half Century of Monte Carlo, from Slide Rule and Mechanical Desk Calculator to the Laptop Supercomputer....Pages 55-62
Comparison of EGS4 and Measurements Regarding K-X ray and Bremsstrahlung Photons....Pages 63-68
EGS4 Modelling of Coherent Scattering in the Biological Context....Pages 69-74
Implementation of the Anomalous Dispersion of Rayleigh Scattered Photons in EGS4 Code....Pages 75-80
Backscattering from Gold Irradiated with 15–40 keV Photons....Pages 81-86
Monte Carlo Polarimetric Efficiency Simulations for a Single Monolithic CdTe Thick Matrix....Pages 87-92
Simulations for X-Ray Synchrotron Beams Using the EGS4 Code System in Medical Applications....Pages 93-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Applications of Monte Carlo Codes to a Study of Gamma-Ray Buildup Factors, Skyshine and Duct Streaming....Pages 99-104
Simulation of X-ray Spectra Generated by Kilovolt-Electron Bombardment....Pages 105-110
Particle Transport in Inhomogeneous Media....Pages 111-116
Fast Simulation of X-ray Transition Radiation in the GEANT4 Toolkit....Pages 117-122
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Optimization of a Tunable Quasi-Monochromatic X-ray Source for Cell Irradiations....Pages 123-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Electron Photon Shower Simulation in TRIPOLI-4 Monte Carlo Code....Pages 129-134
The EGSnrc System, a Status Report....Pages 135-140
Status of MARS Electromagnetic Physics....Pages 141-146
Status of PENELOPE....Pages 147-152
Geant4 Electromagnetic Physics....Pages 153-158
Electron-Photon Transport in FLUKA: Status....Pages 159-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Random, Quasirandom and Hybrid Methods for Transport Problems....Pages 165-173
On the Use of Antithetic Variates....Pages 175-180
Adjoint Monte Carlo Simulation of Fixed-Energy Secondary Radiation....Pages 181-186
Symmetry-Based Variance Reduction Applied to 60 Co Teletherapy Unit Monte Carlo Simulations....Pages 187-192
Importance Biasing Quality Criterion Based on Contribution Response Theory....Pages 193-198
Calculations of Electron Deep Penetration Using the Method of Trajectory Rotation....Pages 199-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
The Impact of Monte Carlo Dose Calculations on Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy....Pages 205-210
PC-Based Process Distribution to Solve Iterative Monte Carlo Simulations in Physical Dosimetry....Pages 211-216
Inverse Treatment Planning for Radiation Therapy Based on Fast Monte Carlo Dose Calculation....Pages 217-222
Macro Monte Carlo: Clinical Implementation in a Distributed Computing Environment....Pages 223-228
VMC++, Electron and Photon Monte Carlo Calculations Optimized for Radiation Treatment Planning....Pages 229-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
The Track Structure of Photons, Electrons and α-Particles from the Point of View of the Formation of Ionization Clusters....Pages 237-250
Track Structure in Molecular Radiation Biology....Pages 251-260
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Analogue Monte Carlo to Model Radiation-Induced DNA Damage....Pages 261-265
Basic Data for Track Structure Simulations: Electron Interaction Cross-Sections in Liquid Water....Pages 267-272
Inelastic Cross-Sections for Use in Monte Carlo Track Structure Codes....Pages 273-278
Modelling Ultrasoft X-ray Effects on DNA....Pages 279-284
Radiobiological Modeling in Voxel Constructs....Pages 285-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Monte Carlo Techniques for Primary Standards of Ionizing Radiation and for Dosimetry Protocols....Pages 291-298
Absorbed Dose Conversion Factors for Megavoltage Photon Beams....Pages 299-304
Is the Spencer-Attix Cavity Equation Applicable for Solid-State Detectors Irradiated in Megavoltage Electron Beams?....Pages 305-310
Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron Beams for Radiotherapy - EGS4, MCNP4b and GEANT3 Intercomparison....Pages 311-316
Evaluation of a 50-MV Photon Therapy Beam from a Racetrack Microtron Using MCNP4B Monte Carlo Code....Pages 317-322
Energy Spectra and Dose Distributions of a Medical Linear Electron Accelerator Simulated with BEAM/EGS4 and MCNP....Pages 323-327
Monte Carlo Simulation of an Arc Therapy Treatment by Means of a PC Distribution Model....Pages 329-332
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Analysis of the Influence of the Radial Displacement of the Source in the Simulation of Ge-Detector Calibration Using MCNP Code....Pages 333-338
Monte Carlo Simulations of Photon Field Characteristics for In Situ Gamma Spectrometry Applications....Pages 339-344
Visual Monte Carlo and Its Application to Internal and External Dosimetry....Pages 345-350
Monte Carlo Simulation of Mammography X-ray Units: a Comparison Between Different Electron Extensions of the EGS4 Code System....Pages 351-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
The Use of MCNP in Flash Radiographic Applications at AWE....Pages 357-368
Comparison of Monte Carlo Simulation and Measurement of Electron Reflection from Solids....Pages 369-376
Low-Energy Electron Response of CsI(Tl) and BGO....Pages 377-381
Monte Carlo Estimate to Improve Photon Energy Spectrum Reconstruction....Pages 383-388
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Monte Carlo Simulations on Rough and Porous Alumina....Pages 389-394
Simulation of the Response Function of an Amorphous Silicon Flat-Panel Array....Pages 395-399
Space Applications of the Geant4 Simulation Toolkit....Pages 401-406
Front Matter....Pages 407-407
Introduction of the Muonic and Cerenkov Effects in the EGS4 Code....Pages 407-412
Spectrum Shape Analysis Applied to Radioactive Waste Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy....Pages 413-418
Assessment of a Compton Suppression Spectrometer for the Measurement of Medium-and High-Level Radioactive Waste Packages....Pages 419-424
The Degradation of the Energy of Primary Photons Described through the Entropy....Pages 425-430
Monte Carlo Simulation of the Conversion Electron Scattering in Targets for the Synthesis of Superheavy Elements....Pages 431-436
Monte Carlo Simulations on a 9-node PC Cluster....Pages 437-442
Application of Numerical Phantoms and MCNP Calculation for In Vivo Calibration....Pages 443-448
Use of Monte Carlo Method in Support of Medical Applications of Radiation....Pages 449-454
Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy Optimization Using the Monte Carlo Method....Pages 455-460
Coupling Photon Monte Carlo Simulation and CAD Software. Application to X-ray Nondestructive Evaluation....Pages 461-466
Dose Rate Calculations from Radioactive Vascular Stents: DPK Versus Exact MC Approach....Pages 467-472
Dosimetric Study of a Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Source....Pages 473-477
Electron Transport Simulation in the Range 1 keV-4 MeV for the Purpose of High-Resolution Dosimetric Application....Pages 479-481
Shield Optimization for X-rays Using the Monte Carlo Method Combined with Analytical Calculation....Pages 483-488
MCNP Analytical Models of a Calibration Head Phantom for Bone-Seeker Nuclides In Vivo Measurements....Pages 489-496
Monte Carlo Studies of the Portuguese Gamma Irradiation Facility. The Irradiator Geometry and Its Influence on Process Parameters....Pages 497-502
Multiple Scattering in GEANT4. A Comparison with Molière Theory and L3 Detector Data....Pages 503-510
Front Matter....Pages 407-407
On the Use of CAD Geometry for Monte Carlo Particle Transport....Pages 511-516
Analysis of the Simulation of Ge-Detector Calibration for Environmental Radioactive Samples in a Marinelli Beaker Source Using the Monte Carlo Method....Pages 517-522
Simulation of a 32 P Sourcewire and a 90Sr/90Y Sourcetrain Using MCNP4b and EGS4....Pages 523-527
Monte Carlo Simulations for the Estimation of Dose Rates During Handling of Spent Fuel at the Portuguese Research Reactor....Pages 529-534
Photoelectron Collection Efficiency in Rare Gases: A Monte Carlo Study....Pages 535-542
Medical Applications of the Geant4 Toolkit....Pages 543-548
Effect of Voxel Size on Monte Carlo Dose Calculations for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning....Pages 549-554
Monte Carlo Physical Dosimetry for Small Photon Beams....Pages 555-559
Monte Carlo Dose Distributions for Radiosurgery....Pages 561-564
Monte Carlo Conformal Treatment Planning as an Independent Assessment....Pages 565-570
Modelling of Multiple Scattering Distributions by Mixture Models....Pages 571-576
Radiative Transport in Multiple Scattering Media....Pages 577-582
Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning....Pages 583-588
Front Matter....Pages 589-589
Research Themes of Broad Transport Applicability....Pages 589-595
Response Decomposition with Monte Carlo Correlated Coupling....Pages 597-602
The Geometrical Sensitivity Option in MCBEND....Pages 603-608
An Alternative Monte Carlo Method for the K -Eigenfunction?....Pages 609-612
Continuous Energy Adjoint Monte Carlo for Coupled Neutron-Photon Transport....Pages 613-618
Application of A 3 MCNP™ to Radiation Shielding Problems....Pages 619-624
Front Matter....Pages 625-625
Status of JAERI’s Monte Carlo Code MVP for Neutron and Photon Transport Problems....Pages 625-630
Front Matter....Pages 625-625
Current Status of the Oak Ridge Monte Carlo Codes: MORSE/SAS4 and KENO....Pages 631-636
The Current Status and Future Plans for the Monte Carlo Codes MONK and MCBEND....Pages 637-642
MCNP Capabilities at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Neutron-Gamma Applications....Pages 643-650
TRIPOLI-3: A Neutron/Photon Monte Carlo Transport Code....Pages 651-656
Front Matter....Pages 657-657
Modern Nuclear Data for Monte Carlo Codes....Pages 657-662
The MCNP Code in Planning and Interpretation of Thermal Neutron Pulsed Experiments....Pages 663-667
Modelling Detector Responses to Neutrons Using MCNP....Pages 669-674
Simulation of Thermal Neutron Transport Processes Directly from the Evaluated Nuclear Data Files....Pages 675-680
Influence of the Photoneutrons on the Kinetics of the Beryllium Reflected Core of the Budapest Research Reactor....Pages 681-686
Front Matter....Pages 687-687
Variance Reduction with Multiple Responses....Pages 687-695
Use of a Hybrid Monte Carlo Technique for Power Shape Calculations....Pages 697-702
Eigenvalue Uncertainty Evaluation in MC Calculations, Using Time Series Methodologies....Pages 703-710
Development and Comparison of Monte Carlo Techniques Implemented in the MORET4 Code for the Calculation of Loosely Coupled Systems....Pages 711-718
Front Matter....Pages 719-719
Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Assessment in Applied Monte Carlo Particle Transport....Pages 719-724
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis for Nuclear Criticality Safety Using KENO in the SCALE Code System....Pages 725-730
Monte Carlo Characterisation of the Radiation Field in the Thermal Column of the Portuguese Research Reactor....Pages 731-736
Fission Rate Analysis of a Fast Reactor Fuel Performance Test Using MCNP....Pages 737-742
Benchmarking Monte Carlo Codes for Criticality Safety Using Subcritical Measurements....Pages 743-747
Front Matter....Pages 749-749
Review of Industrial and Medical Applications that Utilize Coupled Neutron-Photon Monte Carlo Transport....Pages 749-754
MCNP Calculations for the Shielding Design of a Beam Tube to Be Installed at the Portuguese Research Reactor....Pages 755-759
Front Matter....Pages 749-749
Monte Carlo Applications in Fusion Neutronics....Pages 761-766
MCNP Simulation of Void Reactivity in a Simplified CANDU Core Sub-region....Pages 767-772
Monte Carlo Simulation of Natural Gamma Ray Spectrometry for Underwater Surfaces....Pages 773-778
Monte Carlo Modelling of the Belgian Materials Testing Reactor BR2: Present Status....Pages 779-784
Front Matter....Pages 785-785
Benchmark for a 3D Monte Carlo Boiling Water Reactor Fluence Computational Package - MF3D....Pages 785-790
Intercomparison of Monte Carlo and S N Sensitivity Calculations for a 14 MeV Neutron Benchmark....Pages 791-796
Comparison of Snyder Head Phantom Models Used for Neutron Capture Therapy Benchmark Monte Carlo Dosimetry Calculations....Pages 797-802
Monte Carlo Modeling of Fast Sub-critical Assembly with MOX Fuel for Research of Accelerator-Driven Systems....Pages 803-808
Evaluation of CRISTO II Storage Arrays Benchmark with TRIPOLI-4.2 Criticality Calculations....Pages 809-814
Front Matter....Pages 815-815
Current State of Monte Carlo Visualization Tools....Pages 815-819
Conceptual Designing of a Reduced Moderation Pressurized Water Reactor by Use of MVP and MVP-BURN....Pages 821-826
The Role of Graphical Supporting Tools for Monte Carlo Analysis....Pages 827-832
Simulating Variable Source Problems via Post Processing of Individual Particle Tallies....Pages 833-840
MCNP Modelling of HTGR Pebble-Type Fuel....Pages 841-846
Front Matter....Pages 847-847
Universal Approach for ADS Blanket Calculations Using the Monte Carlo Method....Pages 847-850
Monte Carlo Depletion Analysis of a PWR Integral Fuel Burnable Absorber by MCNAP....Pages 851-858
Application of Biasing Optimization Techniques to Monte Carlo Shielding Analysis of a Transport Cask....Pages 859-864
Improvement and Benchmarking of the New Shutdown Dose Estimation Method by Monte Carlo Code....Pages 865-870
Monte Carlo Simulation of Neutron and Photon Transport with Direct Utilization of Information from Evaluated Nuclear Data Files....Pages 871-876
Application of MCNP-Based Software Package MF3D for BWR Radiation Damage Computations....Pages 877-880
Front Matter....Pages 847-847
Why Do We Need TARGET?....Pages 881-886
Noise Method for Monitoring the Subcriticality in Accelerator-Driven Systems....Pages 887-892
Sediment-Density Dependency of Natural Gamma Ray Spectra in a Borehole Geometry....Pages 893-898
Some Experimental and Monte Carlo Investigations of the Plastic Scintillators for the Current Mode Measurements at Pulsed Neutron Sources....Pages 899-904
Feasibility Study of Non-Radioactive Tracers for Monitoring Injected Water in Oil Reservoirs....Pages 905-910
Neutronics and Shielding Analysis of an Ignitor....Pages 911-917
Monte Carlo Calculations for Neutron and Gamma Radiation Fields on a Fast Neutron Irradiation Device....Pages 919-923
Shielding Assessment of the MYRRHA Accelerator-Driven System Using the MCNP Code....Pages 925-930
Numerical Tests for the Problem of U-Pu Fuel Burnup in Fuel Rod and Polycell Models Using the MCNP Code....Pages 931-936
Front Matter....Pages 937-937
The HERMES Monte Carlo Program System: a Versatile Tool for Spallation Physics and Detector Applications....Pages 937-942
MARS Code Status....Pages 943-948
Present Status of Nucleon-Meson Transport Code NMTC/JAERI....Pages 949-954
FLUKA: Status and Prospects for Hadronic Applications....Pages 955-960
Status of the MCNPX Transport Code....Pages 961-966
Front Matter....Pages 967-967
Physics Models and Nuclear Data Evaluations for Enhanced Monte Carlo Transport....Pages 967-972
Development of Heavy Ion Transport Monte Carlo Code....Pages 973-978
Baryon Stopping in High-Energy Collisions in the DPMJET-III Model....Pages 979-984
Front Matter....Pages 985-985
Muons and Neutrinos at High-Energy Accelerators....Pages 985-990
Utilization of Monte Carlo Calculations in Radiation Transport Analyses to Support the Design of the U.S. Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)....Pages 991-996
Deep Penetration Monte Carlo Calculations for the European Spallation Source ESS....Pages 997-1002
Front Matter....Pages 985-985
Validation of MC Models of Spallation Reactions in Thin and Thick Targets in the GeV Range....Pages 1003-1008
Design and Effects of the Proton Window of the Spallation Neutron Source....Pages 1009-1014
Application of the EA-MC Code Package to the Design of Accelerator-Driven Systems....Pages 1015-1020
Front Matter....Pages 1021-1021
Hadronic Collisions: Physics, Models and Event Generators....Pages 1021-1026
Modelling Hadronic Interactions....Pages 1027-1032
The Monte Carlo Event Generator DPMJET-III....Pages 1033-1038
Object-Oriented Approach to Preequilibrium and Equilibrium Decays in Geant4....Pages 1039-1044
The GEM Code - the Generalized Evaporation Model and the Fission Model....Pages 1045-1050
Front Matter....Pages 1051-1051
Application of Monte Carlo to Proton Beam Radiation Therapy....Pages 1051-1056
Monte Carlo Analysis of Correlation of Displacement Damage Due to Neutrons, Protons, Electrons and Gamma Ray in Microelectronic Devices....Pages 1057-1062
Monte Carlo Simulations of Neutral Gas and Fast Ion Dynamics in GDT Experiments....Pages 1063-1068
Treatment Planning for Carbon Ion Radiotherapy....Pages 1069-1074
Neutron Shielding Calculations for a 230-MeV Proton Therapy Facility....Pages 1075-1080
Coupling MCNP-DSP and LAHET Monte Carlo Codes for Designing Subcriticality Monitors for Accelerator-Driven Systems....Pages 1081-1084
Front Matter....Pages 1085-1085
Shielding Benchmark Experiments Through Concrete and Iron with High-Energy Proton and Heavy Ion Accelerators....Pages 1085-1096
New Method and Data on Residue Production in Spallation by 208 Pb on Protons for the Design of Spallation Sources....Pages 1097-1104
Determination of Stopping Power of Ions in Matter....Pages 1105-1110
Comparison of Spallation Neutron and Residual Nuclide Production Data with Different Intra-Nuclear Cascade Models....Pages 1111-1116
Front Matter....Pages 1117-1117
Design of Tracking and Generic Processes in Geant4....Pages 1117-1122
Multigroup Boltzmann-Fokker-Planck Approach for Ion Transport in Amorphous Media....Pages 1123-1128
Front Matter....Pages 1117-1117
A Stochastic Model of Multiple Scattering of Charged Particles: Process, Transport Equation and Solutions....Pages 1129-1138
Front Matter....Pages 1139-1139
PICA3, an Updated Code of Photo-nuclear Cascade Evaporation Code PICA95, and Its Benchmark Experiments....Pages 1139-1144
Monte Carlo Simulation as an Aid to Alpha-Particle Spectrometry....Pages 1145-1150
Measurements and Calculations of Secondary Particle Yields from 100-to 800 MeV/Nucleon Heavy Ions....Pages 1151-1156
Development of an Extended Range Bonner Sphere Spectrometer....Pages 1157-1162
Influence of the FLUKA Geometrical Model on the ADS Demonstration Facility Criticality Calculations....Pages 1163-1168
Simulation of Nucleus-Nucleus Interactions in the Framework of the FRITIOF Model....Pages 1169-1174
Monte Carlo Simulation of the Neutron Time-of-Flight Facility at CERN....Pages 1175-1180
Systematic Uncertainties on the Determination of the top Mass at the LHC from Soft Fragmentation Effects....Pages 1181-1186
Back Matter....Pages 1187-1192