Monte Carlo Particle Lists: MCPL

A binary formatwith lists of particle state information, for interchanging particles between variousMonte Carlo simulation applications, is presented. Portable C code for file manipulation is made available to the scientific community, along with converters and plugins for several popular simulation packages. Program summary Program Title:MCPL Program Files doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/cby92vsv5g.1 Licensing provisions: CC0 for core MCPL, see LICENSE file for details. Programming language: C and C++ External routines/libraries: Geant4, MCNP, McStas, McXtrace Nature of problem: Saving particle states in Monte Carlo simulations, for interchange between simulation packages or for reuse within a single package. Solution method: Binary interchange format with associated code written in portable C along with tools and interfaces for relevant simulation packages. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).