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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on September 24, 2009
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncp190
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RADIATION TRANSPORT CALCULATIONS AND SIMULATIONS

A. Fassò1,*, A. Ferrari2 and P. R. Sala3

1 SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
2 CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
3 INFN Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy

* Corresponding author: fasso{at}slac.stanford.edu

This article is an introduction to the Monte Carlo method as used in particle transport. After a description at an elementary level of the mathematical basis of the method, the Boltzmann equation and its physical meaning are presented, followed by Monte Carlo integration and random sampling, and by a general description of the main aspects and components of a typical Monte Carlo particle transport code. In particular, the most common biasing techniques are described, as well as the concepts of estimator and detector. After a discussion of the different types of errors, the issue of quality assurance is briefly considered.


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