Progress of the shielding calculation of the Super-FRS is reported here. At least as important as the shielding of the target area is the determination of the shielding in the region of the first dipoles as the part of the primary beam that will not interact in the target will be stopped here. The Monte-Carlo-method with FLUKA [1] used for the shielding assessment here has already been describe...

The concept of Virtual Monte Carlo (VMC) has been developed by the ALICE Software Project to allow different Monte Carlo simulation programs to run without changing the user code, such as the geometry definition, the detector response simulation or input and output formats. Recently, the VMC classes have been integrated into the ROOT framework, and the other relevant packages have been separate...

This paper presents dose calculation in proton therapy using Monte Carlo method and comparison with experimental data obtained at TOHOKU University’s cyclotron and isotope center in Japan. In this way, two Monte Carlo codes, FLUKA and MCNPX, has been employed to calculate percentage depth dose, lateral dose profiles, isodose curves and secondary particles production for proton pencil and broad ...

The aim of this study is to determine an optimal shielding of the LINAC4 beam dump fulfilling the radiation protection requirements. Therefore a detailed Monte-Carlo calculation using FLUKA particle transport and interaction code has been performed and the relevant physics quantities, such as particle fluences, neutron energy spectra, residual and prompt dose rates, air and water activation hav...

Typical neutron spectra as found at high energy electron accelerators outside concrete shielding of various thicknesses (at 90 degrees) have been calculated at three electron energies (100 MeV, 1 and 10 GeV) with the FLUKA Monte Carlo transport code. The results have provided useful information about neutron attenuation lengths and about the fraction of neutrons with energy larger than 20 MeV, ...

Interest in phase contrast imaging methods based on electromagnetic wave coherence has increased significantly recently, particularly at X-ray energies. This is giving rise to a demand for effective simulation methods. Coherent imaging approaches are usually based on wave optics, which require significant computational resources, particularly for producing 2D images. Monte Carlo (MC) methods, u...

The FLUKA Monte Carlo code, presently used in cosmic ray physics, contains packages to sample soft hadronic processes which are built according to the Dual Parton Model. This is a phenomenological model capable of reproducing many of the features of hadronic collisions in the non perturbative QCD regime. The basic principles of the model are summarized and, as an example, the associated Λ–K pro...

The activity concentration for various radionuclides produced in the soil around the collimation section of the Beam Delivery System for the Next Linear Collider is calculated using the FLUKA Monte Carlo code. Different methods are used to calculate the activity concentration of H, Na and Be in soil. The activity concentration of H and Na in groundwater are also calculated and compared with the...

We present a computing framework for Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport. In conformity with our belief that Monte Carlo studies should be anchored to physics but not to any particular code, we have enabled different Monte Carlo codes in this environment. The framework embraces the EGSnrc family, FLUKA, MCNP/MCNPX, GEANT4 and PENELOPE; dedicated and non-dedicated resources; shared and...