EGS Manuals
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EGS5 Documentation

The EGS5 code system is documented in The EGS5 Code System, by H. Hirayama, Y. Namito, A.F. Bielajew, S.J. Wilderman and W.R. Nelson, SLAC-R-730 (2005) and KEK Report 2005-8 (2005). An Adobe PDF version of this report can be downloaded from

    http://rcwww.kek.jp/research/egs/egs5_manual/slac730-150228.pdf
 

EGSnrc Documentation

The EGSnrc code system is documented in The EGSnrc Code System: Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport, by I. Kawrakow and D.W.O. Rogers, NRCC Report PIRS-701 (2001).  Postscript and Adobe PDF versions can be downloaded from

    http://www.irs.inms.nrc.ca/inms/irs/EGSnrc/pirs701/

EGS4 Documentation

The EGS4 code system is documented in The EGS4 Code System, by W.R. Nelson, H. Hirayama, and D.W.O. Rogers, SLAC-265 (1985). An Adobe PDF version of this report can be downloaded from

    http://www.slac.stanford.edu/pubs/slacreports/slac-r-265.html  

For your convenience, SLAC-265 appendices 2 through 5 have been converted to HTML and made accessible here.

Links to a few more EGS related documents are provided below. Since these files are fairly large, please download them during off hours (i.e., from 6 pm to 8 am PST). Additional EGS information and documents can be found on the NRC Ionizing Radiation Standards group (Canada) web page.

Mortran

History, Installation, and Use

PEGS4 (cross sections)

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