In October 1978, a group of 41 scientists from 14 countries met in Erice, Sicily to attend the Second Course of the Interna tional School of Radiation Damage and Protection "Ettore Majorana", the proceedings of which are contained in this book. The countries represented at the School were: Brazil, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America, and Yugoslavia. The School was officially sponsored by the Italian Health Physics Association, the Italian Ministry of Public Education, the Italian Ministry of Scientific and Technological Research, and the Sicilian Regional Government. In addition, administrative and tech nical support was received from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and from CERN. The past 15 or so years have witnessed a significant develop ment of computer methods in the science of radiation protection. The radiation transport codes associated with hadronic and electro magnetic cascades, reactor shielding, unfolding techniques, and gamma ray spectrum analysis have reached the state-of-the-art level, and the Erice Course aimed at presenting as comprehensive an over view of these programs as was possible within the allotted time span.
Author(s): Graham R. Stevenson (auth.), Walter R. Nelson, Theodore M. Jenkins (eds.)
Series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series 3
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1980
Language: English
Pages: 521
Tags: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
Front Matter....Pages i-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Computer Methods in Radiation Protection as Viewed by a User....Pages 9-15
The Physics of Radiation Transport....Pages 17-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
The Methods and Applications of Discrete Ordinates in Low Energy Neutron-Photon Transport (ANISN, DOT). Part I: Methods....Pages 59-75
The Methods and Applications of Monte Carlo in Low Energy (≲ 20 MeV) Neutron-Photon Transport (MORSE). Part I: Methods....Pages 77-96
The Methods and Applications of Discrete Ordinates in Low Energy Neutron-Photon Transport (ANISN, DOT). Part II: Applications....Pages 97-98
The Methods and Applications of Monte Carlo in Low Energy (≲ 20 MeV) Neutron-Photon Transport (MORSE) Part II: Applications....Pages 99-119
The European Shielding Information Service — ESIS....Pages 121-122
Cross Section Processing Codes and Data Bases (AMPX)....Pages 123-124
Radiation Shielding Information Center and Biomedical Computing Technology Information Center....Pages 125-126
Approximate Methods in Reactor Shielding Calculations....Pages 127-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
The Physics of Electromagnetic Cascade....Pages 141-171
Solution of the Electromagnetic Cascade Shower Problem by Analog Monte Carlo Methods — EGS....Pages 173-196
Some Examples for the Application of the Monte Carlo Code EGS....Pages 197-210
Calculation of the Average Properties of Electromagnetic Cascades at High Energies (AEGIS)....Pages 211-222
Electron Dosimetry Using Monte Carlo Techniques....Pages 223-237
Application of EGS to Detector Design in High Energy Physics....Pages 239-252
Application of EGS and ETRAN to Problems in Medical Physics and Dosimetry....Pages 253-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Introduction to Hadronic Cascades....Pages 269-278
Particle Production Models, Sampling High-Energy Multiparticle Events from Inclusive Single-Particle Distributions....Pages 279-310
The Intranuclear-Cascade-Evaporation Model....Pages 311-322
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Calculation of the Average Properties of Hadronic Cascades at High Energies (CASIM)....Pages 323-338
The Fluka and Kaspro Hadronic Cascade Codes....Pages 339-371
The HETC Hadronic Cascade Code....Pages 373-385
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Unfolding Techniques for Activation Detector Analysis....Pages 389-407
Bremsstrahlung Spectrum Analysis by Activation Method (LYRA, DIBRE, REFUM) 1–6 ....Pages 409-441
Application of Activation-Spectrum Analysis Method to Shielding (TAURUS, LYRA, DIBRE, SAND-II) 35–38 ....Pages 443-477
Activation Detectors and Their Gamma Spectrum Analysis....Pages 479-497
Front Matter....Pages 499-499
Monte Carlo Calculation of Exposure Rates in Dwelling Rooms....Pages 501-502
Integral Equation for Radiation Transport — ASFIT....Pages 503-505
Thermal Effects Induced by High Energy Protons in Target and Absorber Materials....Pages 507-509
Summary Lecture....Pages 511-512
Back Matter....Pages 513-521
