480-6004/01 – Simulation of Ionizing Radiation Transport (STIZ)
| Gurantor department | Department of Physics | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa | Subject version guarantor | Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2018/2019 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | USP, FEI | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
To analyse transport of ionizing radiation from the point of view of classical and quantum physics
To describe geometry of the task and to apply it
To select a fundamental problem relating to the given field and to make an analysis of utilization of physical
knowledge
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
The subject deepens the knowledge of interactions of photons, neutrons and charged particles with matter and deepens the knowledge of software used in ionizing-radiation transport simulations and is application oriented.
Compulsory literature:
HAGHIGHAT A.: Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport, CRC Press, 2015.
BIELAJEV A.F.: Fundamentals of the Monte Carlo Method for Neutral and Charged Particle Transport, 2000.
Recommended literature:
MCNP6.2 Users Manual - Code Version 6 (https://laws.lanl.gov/vhosts/mcnp.lanl.gov/references.shtml#mcnp6_refs)
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Preparing a presentation.
E-learning
Other requirements
Basic knowledge of programming.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The course focuses on selected parts of particle-transport simulations according to the topic of PhD. thesis, in particular:
An overview of photon, neutron and charged particle interactions with matter.
Softwares for ionizing-radiation trasport simulations and their applications.
A deep introduction to MCNP6 calculations.
Simulations of radiation fields and spectra.
Calculations in dosimetry.
Calculations of detection efficiency.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction