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A. B. Chilton
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 24 | Number 2 | February 1966 | Pages 200-208
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE66-A18305
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Monte Carlo calculations of deeply penetrating radiation fields are improved by use of a transformation involving the factor e-cz. The optimum value of c generally appears to be at or near the value for total attenuation coefficient for the source radiation, but there are some difficulties in choosing such a value of c. This work describes and illustrates an approach that allows c to be made equal to µo, and the resulting transformed equation is handled in a simple fashion. The technique is encoded into a FORTRAN program called FETMOC, and illustrative problems are solved. Results are given in terms of buildup factors. Two-way energy spectrum and directional distribution at arbitrary points are obtained, also. All results are compared with previously reported calculations to the extent possible.