Low energy elastic collision cross sections and Monte Carlo simulation of the transport of Ne+ ions in gaseous neon under weak electric fields

Author(s):  
J. A. S. Barata ◽  
C. A. N. Conde
2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Dujko ◽  
R.D. White ◽  
Z.Lj. Petrovic

In this paper we discuss the swarm physics based techniques including the Boltzmann equation analysis and Monte Carlo simulation technique for determination of low energy electron-molecule cross sections. A multi term theory for solving the Boltzmann equation and Monte Carlo simulation code have been developed and used to investigate some critical aspects of electron transport in neutral gases under the varying configurations of electric and magnetic fields when non-conservative collisions are operative. These aspects include the validity of the two term approximation and the Legendre polynomial expansion procedure for solving the Boltzmann equation, treatment of non-conservative collisions, the effects of a magnetic field on the electron transport and nature and difference between transport data obtained under various experimental arrangements. It was found that these issues must be carefully considered before unfolding the cross sections from swarms transport data.


Author(s):  
Ryuichi Shimizu ◽  
Ze-Jun Ding

Monte Carlo simulation has been becoming most powerful tool to describe the electron scattering in solids, leading to more comprehensive understanding of the complicated mechanism of generation of various types of signals for microbeam analysis.The present paper proposes a practical model for the Monte Carlo simulation of scattering processes of a penetrating electron and the generation of the slow secondaries in solids. The model is based on the combined use of Gryzinski’s inner-shell electron excitation function and the dielectric function for taking into account the valence electron contribution in inelastic scattering processes, while the cross-sections derived by partial wave expansion method are used for describing elastic scattering processes. An improvement of the use of this elastic scattering cross-section can be seen in the success to describe the anisotropy of angular distribution of elastically backscattered electrons from Au in low energy region, shown in Fig.l. Fig.l(a) shows the elastic cross-sections of 600 eV electron for single Au-atom, clearly indicating that the angular distribution is no more smooth as expected from Rutherford scattering formula, but has the socalled lobes appearing at the large scattering angle.


2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bünyamin Aygün ◽  
Erdem Şakar ◽  
Abdulhalik Karabulut ◽  
Bünyamin Alım ◽  
Mohammed I. Sayyed ◽  
...  

AbstractIn this study, the fast neutron and gamma-ray absorption capacities of the new glasses have been investigated, which are obtained by doping CoO,CdWO4,Bi2O3, Cr2O3, ZnO, LiF,B2O3 and PbO compounds to SiO2 based glasses. GEANT4 and FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation codes have been used in the planning of the samples. The glasses were produced using a well-known melt-quenching technique. The effective neutron removal cross-sections, mean free paths, half-value layer, and transmission numbers of the fabricated glasses have been calculated through both GEANT4 and FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation codes. Experimental neutron absorbed dose measurements have been carried out. It was found that GS4 glass has the best neutron protection capacity among the produced glasses. In addition to neutron shielding properties, the gamma-ray attenuation capacities, were calculated using newly developed Phy-X/PSD software. The gamma-ray shielding properties of GS1 and GS2 are found to be equivalent to Pb-based glass.


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