480-6004/01 – Simulation of Ionizing Radiation Transport (STIZ)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of PhysicsCredits10
Subject guarantorDoc. Dr. RNDr. Petr AlexaSubject version guarantorDoc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa
Study levelpostgraduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
YearSemesterwinter + summer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2018/2019Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesUSP, FEIIntended for study typesDoctoral
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
ALE02 Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa
UHL72 Mgr. Radim Uhlář, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Examination 28+0
Part-time Examination 28+0

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

Full-time form (validity from: 2018/2019 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination   3
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2021/2022 (P0533D110005) Applied Physics K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory type B study plan
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2020/2021 (P0533D110005) Applied Physics P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2020/2021 (P0533D110005) Applied Physics K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2019/2020 (P0533D110005) Applied Physics P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2019/2020 (P0533D110005) Applied Physics K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory type B study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2020/2021 Summer