The FLUKA Code: Developments and Challenges for High Energy and Medical Applications

The FLUKA Monte Carlo code is used extensively at CERN for all beam-machine interactions, radioprotection calculations and facility design of forthcoming projects. Such needs require the code to be consistently reliable over the entire energy range (from MeV to TeV) for all projectiles (full suite o...

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Published inNuclear data sheets Vol. 120; pp. 211 - 214
Main Authors Böhlen, T.T., Cerutti, F., Chin, M.P.W., Fassò, A., Ferrari, A., Ortega, P.G., Mairani, A., Sala, P.R., Smirnov, G., Vlachoudis, V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2014
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CERN
HADRONS
HEAVY IONS
ION BEAMS
MEV RANGE
MONTE CARLO METHOD
NUCLEAR MODELS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
RADIOTHERAPY
TEV RANGE
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Summary:The FLUKA Monte Carlo code is used extensively at CERN for all beam-machine interactions, radioprotection calculations and facility design of forthcoming projects. Such needs require the code to be consistently reliable over the entire energy range (from MeV to TeV) for all projectiles (full suite of elementary particles and heavy ions). Outside CERN, among various applications worldwide, FLUKA serves as a core tool for the HIT and CNAO hadron-therapy facilities in Europe. Therefore, medical applications further impose stringent requirements in terms of reliability and predictive power, which demands constant refinement of sophisticated nuclear models and continuous code improvement. Some of the latest developments implemented in FLUKA are presented in this paper, with particular emphasis on issues and concerns pertaining to CERN and medical applications.
ISSN:0090-3752
1095-9904
DOI:10.1016/j.nds.2014.07.049