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Application of the Monte Carlo method for calculating the shape of the heat source generated by the action of electron beams on a substance

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The space distribution of energy absorbed in a substance during the passage of an electron beam has been determined with the aid of the Monte Carlo method.

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Abbreviations

fH-S :

density of Haudsmith-Saunderson distribution

℘e (cosθ):

Legendre polynomials

z, A:

atomic number and atomic weight of an element

β=v/c:

ratio of electron velocity to velocity of light

Ek :

kinetic energy of an electron, MeV

I(z):

mean ionization potential of atoms in the medium

ΔE:

plasmon energy

kc :

wavelength corresponding to effective interception

a 0 :

Bohr radius

m0 :

quiescent mass of an electron

θ :

deflection angle of electron within an interval

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  1. Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer, USSR

    G. E. Gorelik & S. G. Rozin

  2. Institute of Nuclear Power, Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, Minsk

    G. E. Gorelik & S. G. Rozin

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  1. G. E. Gorelik
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 1110–1113, June, 1972.

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Gorelik, G.E., Rozin, S.G. Application of the Monte Carlo method for calculating the shape of the heat source generated by the action of electron beams on a substance. Journal of Engineering Physics 22, 772–774 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00822991

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