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Implementation of atmospheric proton spectrum in GEANT4 simulations for space applications

A major part of cosmic rays consists of the primary protons, and this portion plays a crucial role in the space applications such as shielding of spacecrafts. In this study, the proton flux values measured at the top of the atmosphere…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-03 A. Ilker Topuz

A comparison of proton ranges in complex media using GATE/Geant4, MCNP6 and FLUKA

The Monte Carlo (MC) simulation method is a powerful tool for radiation physicists, and several general-purpose software packages are commonly applied in a myriad of different radiation physics fields today. In medical physics, charged…

Medical Physics · Physics 2017-08-03 Jarle Rambo Sølie , Helge Egil Seime Pettersen , Ilker Meric , Odd Harald Odland , Håvard Helstrup , Dieter Röhrich

Monte Carlo simulation of the electron transport through thin slabs: A comparative study of PENELOPE, GEANT3, GEANT4, EGSnrc and MCNPX

The Monte Carlo simulation of the electron transport through thin slabs is studied with five general purpose codes: PENELOPE, GEANT3, GEANT4, EGSnrc and MCNPX. The different material foils analyzed in the old experiments of Kulchitsky and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Vilches , S. Garcia-Pareja , R. Guerrero , M. Anguiano , A. M. Lallena

Geant4 Applications for Modeling Molecular Transport in Complex Vacuum Geometries

We discuss a novel use of the Geant4 simulation toolkit to model molecular transport in a vacuum environment, in the molecular flow regime. The Geant4 toolkit was originally developed by the high energy physics community to simulate the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-10-07 J. Singal , J. Langton , R. Schindler

Beam Simulation Tools for Geant4

Geant4 is a tool kit developed by a collaboration of physicists and computer professionals in the High Energy Physics field for simulation of the passage of particles through matter. The motivation for the development of the Beam Tools is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Daniel Elvira , P. Lebrun , P. Spentzouris

Flux of atmospheric muons: Comparison between AIRES simulations and CAPRICE98 data

We report on a comparison between the flux of muons in the atmosphere measured by the CAPRICE98 experiment and simulations performed with the air shower simulation program AIRES. To reduce systematic uncertainties we have used as input the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Hansen , P. Carlson , E. Mocchiutti , S. J. Sciutto , M. Boezio

Comparison of Geant4 with EGSnrc for Simulation of Gamma-Radiation Detectors Based on Semi-Insulating Materials

We considered GEANT4 version 4.9.4 with different Electromagnetic Physics Package for calculation of response functions of detectors based on semi-insulating materials. Computer simulations with GEANT4 packages were run in order to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-12-13 A. I. Skrypnyk , A. A. Zakharchenko , M. A. Khazhmuradov

A separation of electrons and protons in the GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope

The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope is intended to measure the fluxes of gamma rays and cosmic-ray electrons and positrons in the energy range from 100 MeV to several TeV. Such measurements concern with the following scientific goals: search…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-09 A. A. Leonov , A. M. Galper , V. Bonvicini , N. P. Topchiev , O. Adriani , R. L. Aptekar , I. V. Arkhangelskaja , A. I. Arkhangelskiy , L. Bergstrom , E. Berti , G. Bigongiari , S. G. Bobkov , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , S. Bonechi , M. Bongi , S. Bottai , G. Castellini , P. W. Cattaneo , P. Cumani , G. L. Dedenko , C. De Donato , V. A. Dogiel , M. S. Gorbunov , Yu. V. Gusakov , B. I. Hnatyk , V. V. Kadilin , V. A. Kaplin , A. A. Kaplun , M. D. Kheymits , V. E. Korepanov , J. Larsson , V. A. Loginov , F. Longo , P. Maestro , P. S. Marrocchesi , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. A. Moiseev , N. Mori , I. V. Moskalenko , P. Yu. Naumov , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , A. V. Popov , A. Rappoldi , S. Ricciarini , M. F. Runtso , F. Ryde , O. V. Serdin , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , S. I. Suchkov , M. Tavani , A. A. Taraskin , A. Tiberio , E. M. Tyurin , M. V. Ulanov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. I. Vasilyev , Yu. T. Yurkin , N. Zampa , V. N. Zirakashvili , V. G. Zverev

Neutron energy spectrum from 120 GeV protons on a thick copper target

Neutron energy spectrum from 120 GeV protons on a thick copper target was measured at the Meson Test Beam Facility (MTBF) at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The data allows for evaluation of neutron production process implemented in…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-02-09 Nobuhiro Shigyo , Toshiya Sanami , Tsuyoshi Kajimoto , Yosuke Iwamoto , Masayuki Hagiwara , Kiwamu Saito , Kenji Ishibashi , Hiroshi Nakashima , Yukio Sakamoto , Hee-Seock Lee , Erik Ramberg , Aria A. Meyhoefer , Rick Coleman , Doug Jensen , Anthony F. Leveling , David J. Boehnlein , Nikolai V. Mokhov

Low energy neutron propagation in MCNPX and GEANT4

Simulations of neutron background from rock for underground experiments are presented. Neutron propagation through two types of rock, lead and hydrocarbon material is discussed. The results show a reasonably good agreement between GEANT4,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Lemrani , M. Robinson , V. A. Kudryavtsev , M. De Jesus , G. Gerbier , N. J. C. Spooner

Proton and Helium Spectra from the CREAM-III Flight

Primary cosmic-ray elemental spectra have been measured with the balloon-borne Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) experiment since 2004. The third CREAM payload (CREAM-III) flew for 29 days during the 2007-2008 Antarctic season.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-11 Y. S. Yoon , T. Anderson , A. Barrau , N. B. Conklin , S. Coutu , L. Derome , J. H. Han , J. A. Jeon , K. C. Kim , M. H. Kim , H. Y. Lee , J. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. E. Lee , J. T. Link , A. Menchaca-Rocha , J. W. Mitchell , S. I. Mognet , S. Nutter , I. H. Park , N. Picot-Clemente , A. Putze , E. S. Seo , J. Smith , J. Wu

p, He, and C to Fe cosmic-ray primary fluxes in diffusion models: Source and transport signatures on fluxes and ratios

The propagated fluxes of proton, helium, and heavier primary cosmic-ray species (up to Fe) are a means to indirectly access the source spectrum of cosmic rays. We check the compatibility of the primary fluxes with the transport parameters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-07-06 A. Putze , D. Maurin , F. Donato

Hadronic cross section measurements with the DAMPE space mission using 20GeV-10TeV cosmic-ray protons and $^4$He

Precise direct cosmic-ray (CR) measurements provide an important probe to study the energetic particle sources in our Galaxy, and the interstellar environment through which these particles propagate. Uncertainties on hadronic models,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-01-08 F. Alemanno , Q. An , P. Azzarello , F. C. T. Barbato , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , I. Cagnoli , M. S. Cai , E. Casilli , E. Catanzani , J. Chang , D. Y. Chen , J. L. Chen , Z. F. Chen , P. Coppin , M. Y. Cui , T. S. Cui , Y. X. Cui , H. T. Dai , A. De Benedittis , I. De Mitri , F. de Palma , A. Di Giovanni , Q. Ding , T. K. Dong , Z. X. Dong , G. Donvito , D. Droz , J. L. Duan , K. K. Duan , R. R. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , F. Fang , K. Fang , C. Q. Feng , L. Feng , J. M. Frieden , P. Fusco , M. Gao , F. Gargano , K. Gong , Y. Z. Gong , D. Y. Guo , J. H. Guo , S. X. Han , Y. M. Hu , G. S. Huang , X. Y. Huang , Y. Y. Huang , M. Ionica , L. Y. Jiang , Y. Z. Jiang , W. Jiang , J. Kong , A. Kotenko , D. Kyratzis , S. J. Lei , W. H. Li , W. L. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. M. Liang , C. M. Liu , H. Liu , J. Liu , S. B. Liu , Y. Liu , F. Loparco , C. N. Luo , M. Ma , P. X. Ma , T. Ma , X. Y. Ma , G. Marsella , M. N. Mazziotta , D. Mo , X. Y. Niu , X. Pan , A. Parenti , W. X. Peng , X. Y. Peng , C. Perrina , E. Putti-Garcia , R. Qiao , J. N. Rao , A. Ruina , R. Sarkar , P. Savina , A. Serpolla , Z. Shangguan , W. H. Shen , Z. Q. Shen , Z. T. Shen , L. Silveri , J. X. Song , M. Stolpovskiy , H. Su , M. Su , H. R. Sun , Z. Y. Sun , A. Surdo , X. J. Teng , A. Tykhonov , J. Z. Wang , L. G. Wang , S. Wang , S. X. Wang , X. L. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. F. Wei , D. Wu , J. Wu , S. S. Wu , X. Wu , Z. Q. Xia , H. T. Xu , J. Xu , Z. H. Xu , Z. L. Xu , E. H. Xu , Z. Z. Xu , G. F. Xue , H. B. Yang , P. Yang , Y. Q. Yang , H. J. Yao , Y. H. Yu , G. W. Yuan , Q. Yuan , C. Yue , J. J. Zang , S. X. Zhang , W. Z. Zhang , Yan Zhang , Yi Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , Y. P. Zhang , Y. Q. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , C. Zhao , H. Y. Zhao , X. F. Zhao , C. Y. Zhou , Y. Zhu

Simulation of proton radiography terminal at IMP

Proton radiography is used for advanced hydrotesting as a new type radiography technology due to its powerful penetration capability and high detection efficiency. A new proton radiography terminal will be developed to radiograph static…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-01-28 Yan Yan , Li-Na Sheng , Zhi-Wu Huang , Jie Wang , Ze-En Yao , Jun-Run Wang , Zheng Wei , Jian-Cheng Yang , You-Jin Yuan

COME: Cylindrical oriented muon emission in GEANT4 simulations

In this study, a source scheme based on source biasing as well as discrete energy spectrum in the cylindrical geometry is presented for the simulations of muon tomography in the GEANT4 toolkit. First, a lateral cylindrical surface and a top…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-08 Ahmet Ilker Topuz

Improvement of Geant4 Neutron-HP package: from methodology to evaluated nuclear data library

An accurate description of interactions between thermal neutrons (below 4 eV) and materials is key to simulate the transport of neutrons in a wide range of applications such as criticality-safety, reactor physics, compact accelerator-driven…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 Loic Thulliez , Cédric Jouanne , Eric Dumonteil

GEANT4 Simulation of a Cosmic Ray Muon Tomography System with Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors for the Detection of High-Z Materials

Muon Tomography (MT) based on the measurement of multiple scattering of atmospheric cosmic ray muons traversing shipping containers is a promising candidate for identifying threatening high-Z materials. Since position-sensitive detectors…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-06-25 Marcus Hohlmann , Patrick Ford , Kondo Gnanvo , Jennifer Helsby , David Pena , Richard Hoch , Debasis Mitra

Particle generation through restrictive planes in GEANT4 simulations for potential applications of cosmic ray muon tomography

In this study, by attempting to resolve the angular complication during the particle generation for the muon tomography applications in the GEANT4 simulations, we exhibit an unconventional methodology that is hinged on the direction…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-02-17 Ahmet Ilker Topuz , Madis Kiisk , Andrea Giammanco

Stimulated perturbation on the neutron flux distribution in the mutually-dependent source-to-absorber geometry

The complexity of the neutron transport phenomenon throws its shadows on every physical system wherever neutron is produced or absorbed. The Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code (MCNP) was used to investigate the flux perturbations in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-25 Ateia W. Mahmoud , Elsayed K. Elmaghraby , A. H. M. Solieman , E. Salama , A. Elghazaly , S. A. El-fiki

The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope characteristics. Angular resolution and electrons/protons separation

The measurements of gamma-ray fluxes and cosmic-ray electrons and positrons in the energy range from 100 MeV to several TeV, which will be implemented by the specially designed GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope, concern with the following broad…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-12 A. A. Leonov , A. M. Galper , V. Bonvicini , N. P. Topchiev , O. Adriani , R. L. Aptekar , I. V. Arkhangelskaja , A. I. Arkhangelskiy , L. Bergstrom , E. Berti , G. Bigongiari , S. G. Bobkov , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , S. Bonechi , M. Bongi , S. Bottai , K. A. Boyarchuk , G. Castellini , P. W. Cattaneo , P. Cumani , G. L. Dedenko , C. De Donato , V. A. Dogiel , M. S. Gorbunov , Yu. V. Gusakov , B. I. Hnatyk , V. V. Kadilin , V. A. Kaplin , A. A. Kaplun , M. D. Kheymits , V. E. Korepanov , J. Larsson , V. A. Loginov , F. Longo , P. Maestro , P. S. Marrocchesi , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. A. Moiseev , N. Mori , I. V. Moskalenko , P. Yu. Naumov , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , A. V. Popov , A. Rappoldi , S. Ricciarini , M. F. Runtso , F. Ryde , O. V. Serdin , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , S. I. Suchkov , M. Tavani , A. A. Taraskin , A. Tiberio , E. M. Tyurin , M. V. Ulanov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. I. Vasilyev , Yu. T. Yurkin , N. Zampa , V. N. Zirakashvili , V. G. Zverev