Monte Carlo study of medium-energy electron penetration in aluminium and silver

• Authors: Asuman Aydın , Ali Peker
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Monte Carlo simulations are very useful for many physical processes. The transport of particles was simulated by Monte Carlo calculating the basic parameters such as probabilities of transmitted–reflected and angular-energy distributions after interaction with matter. Monte Carlo simulations of electron scattering based on the single scattering model were presented in the medium-energy region for aluminium and silver matters. Two basic equations are required the elastic scattering cross section and the energy loss. The Rutherford equation for the different screening parameters is investigated. This scattering model is accurate in the energy range from a few keV up to about 0.50 MeV. The reliability of the simulation method is analysed by comparing experimental data from transmission measurements.

Keywords

EN

angular distribution; electron; energy spectra; penetration; transmission

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Nukleonika
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 361-366

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2015

received

15 - 7 - 2014

online

22 - 6 - 2015

accepted

26 - 1 - 2015

Contributors

author

Asuman Aydın

• Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Balikesir University, 10145 Balikesir, Turkey, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

author

Ali Peker

• Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Balikesir University, 10145 Balikesir, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/nuka-2015-0035