Delta-ray Production in MCNP 6.2.0

Publication date: 2017 Source:Physics Procedia, Volume 90 Author(s): C. Anderson, G. McKinney, J. Tutt, M. James Secondary electrons in the form of delta-rays, also referred to as knock-on electrons, have been a feature of MCNP for electron and positron transport for over 20 years. While MCNP6 now includes transport for a suite of heavy-ions and charged particles from its integration with MCNPX, the production of delta-rays was still limited to electron and positron transport. In the newest release of MCNP6, version 6.2.0, delta-ray production has now been extended for all energetic charged particles. The basis of this production is the analytical formulation from Rossi and ICRU Report 37. This paper discusses the MCNP6 heavy charged-particle implementation and provides production results for several benchmark/test problems.

Source: Physics Procedia - October 26, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: research