Multi-group Fokker-Planck proton transport in MCNP{trademark}
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Source
- Conference: 1997 American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 16-20 Nov 1997; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
- Subject
- 66 PHYSICS COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
PROTON TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT THEORY
BOLTZMANN EQUATION
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
SCATTERING
MULTIGROUP THEORY
MONTE CARLO METHOD
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS MGFP(MULTIGROUP FOKKER PLANCK)
MCNP CODE SYSTEM
LAHET CODE SYSTEM
MGFP(MULTIGROUP FOKKER PLANCK)
- Language
- English
MCNP has been enhanced to perform proton transport using a multigroup Fokker Planck (MGFP) algorithm with primary emphasis on proton radiography simulations. The new method solves the Fokker Planck approximation to the Boltzmann transport equation for the small angle multiple scattering portion of proton transport. Energy loss is accounted for by applying a group averaged stopping power over each transport step. Large angle scatter and non-inelastic events are treated as extinction. Comparisons with the more rigorous LAHET code show agreement to a few per cent for the total transmitted currents. The angular distributions through copper and low Z compounds show good agreement between LAHET and MGFP with the MGFP method being slightly less forward peaked and without the large angle tails apparent in the LAHET simulation. Suitability of this method for proton radiography simulations is shown for a simple problem of a hole in a copper slab. LAHET and MGFP calculations of position, angle and energy through more complex objects are presented.