Evaluation of bremsstrahlung contribution to photon transport in coupled photon–electron problems

• Published in: Radiation physics and chemistry (Oxford, England : 1993) Vol. 116; pp. 203 - 207
• Main Authors: Fernández, Jorge E., Scot, Viviana, Di Giulio, Eugenio, Salvat, Francesc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Bremsstrahlung; Computer simulation; Deterministic transport; Joining; Mathematical models; Monte Carlo methods; Monte Carlo simulation; Photons; Photon–electron transport; Transport; X-ray spectrum; Photon–electron transport; Bremsstrahlung; X-ray spectrum; Monte Carlo simulation; Deterministic transport

The most accurate description of the radiation field in x-ray spectrometry requires the modeling of coupled photon–electron transport. Compton scattering and the photoelectric effect actually produce electrons as secondary particles which contribute to the photon field through conversion mechanisms...