Monte Carlo Methods For Particle Transport

Author : Alireza Haghighat
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780429582202

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Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport by Alireza Haghighat Pdf

Fully updated with the latest developments in the eigenvalue Monte Carlo calculations and automatic variance reduction techniques and containing an entirely new chapter on fission matrix and alternative hybrid techniques. This second edition explores the uses of the Monte Carlo method for real-world applications, explaining its concepts and limitations. Featuring illustrative examples, mathematical derivations, computer algorithms, and homework problems, it is an ideal textbook and practical guide for nuclear engineers and scientists looking into the applications of the Monte Carlo method, in addition to students in physics and engineering, and those engaged in the advancement of the Monte Carlo methods. Describes general and particle-transport-specific automated variance reduction techniques Presents Monte Carlo particle transport eigenvalue issues and methodologies to address these issues Presents detailed derivation of existing and advanced formulations and algorithms with real-world examples from the author’s research activities

Author : I. Lux
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351083287

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Monte Carlo Particle Transport Methods by I. Lux Pdf

With this book we try to reach several more-or-less unattainable goals namely: To compromise in a single book all the most important achievements of Monte Carlo calculations for solving neutron and photon transport problems. To present a book which discusses the same topics in the three levels known from the literature and gives us useful information for both beginners and experienced readers. It lists both well-established old techniques and also newest findings.

Author : Alireza Haghighat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Monte Carlo method
ISBN : 1523107561

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Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport by Alireza Haghighat Pdf

The Monte Carlo method has become the de facto standard in radiation transport. Although powerful, if not understood and used appropriately, the method can give misleading results. Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport teaches appropriate use of the Monte Carlo method, explaining the method's fundamental concepts as well as its limitations. Concise yet comprehensive, this well-organized text: introduces the particle importance equation and its use for variance reduction; describes general and particle-transport-specific variance reduction techniques; presents particle transport eigenvalue issues and methodologies to address these issues; explores advanced formulations based on the author's research activities; discusses parallel processing concepts and factors affecting parallel performance.

Author : Leland L. Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1016291229

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Particle-transport simulation with the Monte Carlo method by Leland L. Carter Pdf

Author : Andreas Kling,Fernando J.C. Barao,Masayuki Nakagawa,Luis Tavora,Pedro Vaz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1200 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642182112

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Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications by Andreas Kling,Fernando J.C. Barao,Masayuki Nakagawa,Luis Tavora,Pedro Vaz Pdf

This book focuses on the state of the art of Monte Carlo methods in radiation physics and particle transport simulation and applications. Special attention is paid to algorithm development for modeling, and the analysis of experiments and measurements in a variety of fields.

Author : Stephen A. Dupree,Stanley K. Fraley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781441984913

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A Monte Carlo Primer by Stephen A. Dupree,Stanley K. Fraley Pdf

The mathematical technique of Monte Carlo, as applied to the transport of sub-atomic particles, has been described in numerous reports and books since its formal development in the 1940s. Most of these instructional efforts have been directed either at the mathematical basis of the technique or at its practical application as embodied in the several large, formal computer codes available for performing Monte Carlo transport calculations. This book attempts to fill what appears to be a gap in this Monte Carlo literature between the mathematics and the software. Thus, while the mathematical basis for Monte Carlo transport is covered in some detail, emphasis is placed on the application of the technique to the solution of practical radiation transport problems. This is done by using the PC as the basic teaching tool. This book assumes the reader has a knowledge of integral calculus, neutron transport theory, and Fortran programming. It also assumes the reader has available a PC with a Fortran compiler. Any PC of reasonable size should be adequate to reproduce the examples or solve the exercises contained herein. The authors believe it is important for the reader to execute these examples and exercises, and by doing so to become accomplished at preparing appropriate software for solving radiation transport problems using Monte Carlo. The step from the software described in this book to the use of production Monte Carlo codes should be straightforward.

Author : Leland Lavele Carter,E. D. Cashwell,United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Division of Military Application
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011178426

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Particle Transport Simulation with the Monte Carlo Method by Leland Lavele Carter,E. D. Cashwell,United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Division of Military Application Pdf

Author : William L. Dunn,J. Kenneth Shultis
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128197455

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Exploring Monte Carlo Methods by William L. Dunn,J. Kenneth Shultis Pdf

Exploring Monte Carlo Methods, Second Edition provides a valuable introduction to the numerical methods that have come to be known as "Monte Carlo." This unique and trusted resource for course use, as well as researcher reference, offers accessible coverage, clear explanations and helpful examples throughout. Building from the basics, the text also includes applications in a variety of fields, such as physics, nuclear engineering, finance and investment, medical modeling and prediction, archaeology, geology and transportation planning. Provides a comprehensive yet concise treatment of Monte Carlo methods Uses the famous "Buffon’s needle problem" as a unifying theme to illustrate the many aspects of Monte Carlo methods Includes numerous exercises and useful appendices on: Certain mathematical functions, Bose Einstein functions, Fermi Dirac functions and Watson functions

Author : Oleg N. Vassiliev
Publisher : Springer
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319441412

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Monte Carlo Methods for Radiation Transport by Oleg N. Vassiliev Pdf

This book is a guide to the use of Monte Carlo techniques in radiation transport. This topic is of great interest for medical physicists. Praised as a "gold standard" for accurate radiotherapy dose calculations, Monte Carlo has stimulated a high level of research activity that has produced thousands of papers within the past few years. The book is designed primarily to address the needs of an academically inclined medical physicist who wishes to learn the technique, as well as experienced users of standard Monte Carlo codes who wish to gain insight into the underlying mathematics of Monte Carlo algorithms. The book focuses on the fundamentals—giving full attention to and explaining the very basic concepts. It also includes advanced topics and covers recent advances such as transport of charged particles in magnetic fields and the grid-based solvers of the Boltzmann equation.

Author : Harald Niederreiter,Peter J. Shiue
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461225522

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Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing by Harald Niederreiter,Peter J. Shiue Pdf

Scientists and engineers are increasingly making use of simulation methods to solve problems which are insoluble by analytical techniques. Monte Carlo methods which make use of probabilistic simulations are frequently used in areas such as numerical integration, complex scheduling, queueing networks, and large-dimensional simulations. This collection of papers arises from a conference held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1994. The conference brought together researchers across a range of disciplines whose interests include the theory and application of these methods. This volume provides a timely survey of this field and the new directions in which the field is moving.

Author : Gerardo Rubino,Bruno Tuffin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-18
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 047074541X

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Rare Event Simulation using Monte Carlo Methods by Gerardo Rubino,Bruno Tuffin Pdf

In a probabilistic model, a rare event is an event with a very small probability of occurrence. The forecasting of rare events is a formidable task but is important in many areas. For instance a catastrophic failure in a transport system or in a nuclear power plant, the failure of an information processing system in a bank, or in the communication network of a group of banks, leading to financial losses. Being able to evaluate the probability of rare events is therefore a critical issue. Monte Carlo Methods, the simulation of corresponding models, are used to analyze rare events. This book sets out to present the mathematical tools available for the efficient simulation of rare events. Importance sampling and splitting are presented along with an exposition of how to apply these tools to a variety of fields ranging from performance and dependability evaluation of complex systems, typically in computer science or in telecommunications, to chemical reaction analysis in biology or particle transport in physics. Graduate students, researchers and practitioners who wish to learn and apply rare event simulation techniques will find this book beneficial.

Author : John S. Hendricks,Martyn T. Swinhoe,Andrea Favalli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031041297

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Monte Carlo N-Particle Simulations for Nuclear Detection and Safeguards by John S. Hendricks,Martyn T. Swinhoe,Andrea Favalli Pdf

This open access book is a pedagogical, examples-based guide to using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP®) code for nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation applications. The MCNP code, general-purpose software for particle transport simulations, is widely used in the field of nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation for numerous applications including detector design and calibration, and the study of scenarios such as measurement of fresh and spent fuel. This book fills a gap in the existing MCNP software literature by teaching MCNP software usage through detailed examples that were selected based on both student feedback and the real-world experience of the nuclear safeguards group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. MCNP input and output files are explained, and the technical details used in MCNP input file preparation are linked to the MCNP code manual. Benefiting from the authors’ decades of experience in MCNP simulation, this book is essential reading for students, academic researchers, and practitioners whose work in nuclear physics or nuclear engineering is related to non-proliferation or nuclear safeguards. Each chapter comes with downloadable input files for the user to easily reproduce the examples in the text.

Author : T.M. Jenkins,W.R. Nelson,A. Rindi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461310594

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Monte Carlo Transport of Electrons and Photons by T.M. Jenkins,W.R. Nelson,A. Rindi Pdf

For ten days at the end of September, 1987, a group of about 75 scientists from 21 different countries gathered in a restored monastery on a 750 meter high piece of rock jutting out of the Mediterranean Sea to discuss the simulation of the transport of electrons and photons using Monte Carlo techniques. When we first had the idea for this meeting, Ralph Nelson, who had organized a previous course at the "Ettore Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, suggested that Erice would be the ideal place for such a meeting. Nahum, Nelson and Rogers became Co-Directors of the Course, with the help of Alessandro Rindi, the Director of the School of Radiation Damage and Protection, and Professor Antonino Zichichi, Director of the "Ettore Majorana" Centre. The course was an outstanding success, both scientifically and socially, and those at the meeting will carry the marks of having attended, both intellectually and on a personal level where many friendships were made. The scientific content of the course was at a very high caliber, both because of the hard work done by all the lecturers in preparing their lectures (e. g. , complete copies of each lecture were available at the beginning of the course) and because of the high quality of the "students", many of whom were accomplished experts in the field. The outstanding facilities of the Centre contributed greatly to the success. This volume contains the formal record of the course lectures.

Author : Frank Verhaegen,Joao Seco
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000455557

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Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy by Frank Verhaegen,Joao Seco Pdf

Targets both students or professionals, both novice and experienced, in medical radiotherapy physics. Combines overviews of development, methods and references to facilitate Monte Carlo studies. Focuses on applications in radiotherapy.

Author : Christian W. Fabjan,Herwig Schopper
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1083 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Elementary particles (Physics).
ISBN : 9783030353186

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Particle Physics Reference Library by Christian W. Fabjan,Herwig Schopper Pdf

This second open access volume of the handbook series deals with detectors, large experimental facilities and data handling, both for accelerator and non-accelerator based experiments. It also covers applications in medicine and life sciences. A joint CERN-Springer initiative, the "Particle Physics Reference Library" provides revised and updated contributions based on previously published material in the well-known Landolt-Boernstein series on particle physics, accelerators and detectors (volumes 21A, B1,B2,C), which took stock of the field approximately one decade ago. Central to this new initiative is publication under full open access