Abstract
Monte Carlo (MC) calculations are a standard tool in several areas of research, and particularly in physics. This name is used to refer to any technique in which complex models are evaluated by generating successive random samples and interpreting statistically the global result after numerous iterations. This technique dates back to the 40s, having being developed in the framework of the Manhattan Project, and owes its name to the famous casino in Monaco (The beginning of the Monte Carlo method, 1987, [1]).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
The Beginning of the Monte Carlo Method. Special Issue (Los Alamos: Los Alamos Science, 1987)
G. Battistoni et al., The fluka code: description and benchmarking, in Proceedings of the Hadronic Shower Simulation Workshop 2006, Fermilab, 6–8 Sept 2006 (2007), pp. 31–49
V. Vlachoudis, FLAIR: a powerful but user friendly graphical interface for FLUKA, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics, (Saratoga Springs, New York, 2009)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Collamati, F. (2016). The FLUKA Monte Carlo Code. In: An Intraoperative Beta−Probe for Cancer Surgery. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33699-2_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33699-2_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-33698-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-33699-2
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)