G eant 4 is a software toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter. It is
used by a large number of experiments and projects in a variety of application domains …

The TOPAS Monte Carlo (MC) system is used in radiation therapy and medical imaging
research, having played a significant role in making Monte Carlo simulations widely …

We report on a new measurement of the neutron β-asymmetry parameter A with the
instrument Perkeo ii. The main enhancements are the high neutron polarization of P= 99.7 …

The advancement of multidisciplinary research fields dealing with ionising radiation induced
biological damage–radiobiology, radiation physics, radiation protection and, in particular …

Purpose: This paper provides a comparison between a fast, commercial, in‐patient Monte
Carlo dose calculation algorithm (GPUMCD) and geant4. It also evaluates the dosimetric …

Purpose The simulation of individual particle tracks and the chemical stage following water
radiolysis in biological tissue is an effective means of improving our knowledge of the …

A new measurement of the neutron β-decay asymmetry A 0 has been carried out by the
UCNA Collaboration using polarized ultracold neutrons (UCNs) from the solid deuterium …

Purpose Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are known to enhance the absorbed dose in their
vicinity following photon‐based irradiation. To investigate the therapeutic effectiveness of …

Simulation of biological effects of ionizing radiation at the DNA scale requires not only the
modeling of direct damages induced on DNA by the incident radiation and by secondary …

Monte Carlo methods apply various physical models, either condensed history (CH) or track
structure (TS), to simulate the passage of radiation through matter. Both CH and TS models …