Improvement Low Energy Photon Treatments at KEK
Release of New Improvements (May, 2000)
We are interesting the low-energy photon transport below a few hundred
keV.  To treat such low-energy photons correctly, we improve low energy
photon transport in EGS4.  Following items are included;
-  linearly-polarized photon scattering
 -  the Doppler broadening 
 -  L photo-electron, L X-ray and Auger electron including general treatment of
photo-electric-related phenomena for compounds or mixtures
 -  electron impact ionization
 
All improvements are revised and summarized as mentioned in
-  H. Hirayama, Y. Namito and S. Ban, "Implementation of a General
treatment of Photoelectric-Related Phenomena for Compounds or
Mixtures in EGS4", KEK Internal 2000-3, May(2000),
 -  Y. Namito and H. Hirayama, "LSCAT: Low-Energy Photon-Scattering 
Expansion for the EGS4 Code (Inclusion of Electron Impact
Ionization)", KEK Internal 2000-4, May(2000).
 
These reports can be requested from 
hirayama(hideo.hirayama kek.jp) or
namito(yoshihito.namito kek.jp).
PDF files of these reports are available.  When you download these files,
tell it to H. Hirayama 
(hideo.hirayama kek.jp).
Files related to the latest improvements at KEK can be obtained from 
Improvements at KEK concerning low-energy photon transport
appear in the following papers.
Reprint of the following papers can be requested from 
namito(yoshihito.namito kek.jp)
or hirayama(hideo.hirayama kek.jp).
-  Y. Namito, S. Ban and H. Hirayama: "Implementation of 
linearly-polarized
photon scattering into the EGS4 code", Nucl. Instr. and Methods 
A332(1993)277-283.
 -  Y. Namito, S. Ban, H. Hirayama: "Implementation of the Doppler 
broadening 
of a Compton-scattered photon into the EGS4 code", Nucl. Instr. and Methods 
A349(1994)489-494.
 -  Y. Namito, S. Ban and H. Hirayama: "LSACT: Low-Energy 
Photon-Scattering 
Expansion for the EGS4 Code", KEK Internal 95-10, August 1995.
 -  Y. Namito: "Study of Low-Energy Photon Transport", Thesis (1995) 
(in Japanese).
 -  Y. Namito, H. Hirayama and S. Ban, "Improvements of Low-energy
Photon Transport in EGS4", Proceedings of the First International
Workshop on EGS4, KEK, Tusukuba, Japan, August 26-29, 1997, 
KEK Proceedings 97-16, pp32-50, KEK Preprint 97-237.
 -  Y. Namito, H. Hirayama and S. Ban, "Improvements of Low-energy
Photon Transport in EGS4", Radiat. Phys. and Chem., 53(1998)283-294.
 -  H. Hirayama, Y. Namito and S. Ban, "General Treatment of
Photoelectric-Related Phenomena for Compounds and Mixtures in EGS4",
Presented at SARE4, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, September 13-15, 1998,
KEK Preprint 98-159(1998).
 -  Y. Namito and H. Hirayama, "Implementation of Electron-Impact
Ionization into the EGS4 Code", to be published in Nucl. Sci. and 
Method A, KEK Preprint 98-179, October 1998.
 
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