Title :
ITS: the integrated TIGER series of electron/photon transport codes-Version 3.0
Author :
Halbleib, John A. ; Kensek, Ronald P. ; Valdez, Greg D. ; Seltzer, Stephen M. ; Berger, Martin J.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Lab., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
The ITS system is a powerful and user-friendly software package permitting state-of-the-art Monte Carlo solution of linear time-independent coupled electron/photon radiation transport problems, with or without the presence of macroscopic electric and magnetic fields of arbitrary spatial dependence. Version 3.0 is a major upgrade of the system with important improvements in the physical model, variance reduction, I/O, and user friendliness. Improvements to the cross-section generator include the replacement of Born-approximation bremsstrahlung cross section with the results of numerical phase-shift calculations, the addition of coherent scattering and binding effects in incoherent scattering, an upgrade of collisional and radiative stopping powers, and a complete rewrite to Fortran 77 standards emphasizing Block-IF structure. Improvements in the Monte Carlo codes are also described.<>
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; nuclear engineering computing; photon transport theory; physics computing; transport processes; Block-IF structure; Born-approximation bremsstrahlung cross section; Fortran 77 standards; I/O; ITS; Monte Carlo codes; Monte Carlo solution; Version 3.0; arbitrary spatial dependence; binding effects; collisional; cross-section generator; electric; electron/photon transport codes; incoherent scattering; integrated TIGER series; linear time-independent; magnetic fields; major upgrade; numerical phase-shift calculations, the addition of coherent scattering; radiative stopping powers; user friendliness; user-friendly software package; variance reduction; Couplings; Electromagnetic scattering; Electrons; Human computer interaction; Magnetic fields; Monte Carlo methods; Particle scattering; Power generation; Power system modeling; Software packages;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0513-2
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.259079