TY - JOUR
T1 - Features of Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS) version 3.02
AU - Sato, Tatsuhiko
AU - Iwamoto, Yosuke
AU - Hashimoto, Shintaro
AU - Ogawa, Tatsuhiko
AU - Furuta, Takuya
AU - Abe, Shin ichiro
AU - Kai, Takeshi
AU - Tsai, Pi En
AU - Matsuda, Norihiro
AU - Iwase, Hiroshi
AU - Shigyo, Nobuhiro
AU - Sihver, Lembit
AU - Niita, Koji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/6/3
Y1 - 2018/6/3
N2 - We have upgraded many features of the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS) and released the new version as PHITS3.02. The accuracy and the applicable energy ranges of the code were greatly improved and extended, respectively, owing to the revisions to the nuclear reaction models and the incorporation of new atomic interaction models. Both condense history and track-structure methods were implemented to handle the electron and positron transport, although the latter is reliable only for simulations in liquid water. In addition, several user-supportive functions were developed, such as new tallies to efficiently obtain statistically better results, radioisotope source-generation function, and software tools useful for applying PHITS to medical physics. Owing to the continuous improvement and promotion of the code, the number of registered users has exceeded 3,000, and it is being used in diverse areas of study, including accelerator design, radiation shielding and protection, medical physics, and cosmic-ray research. In this paper, we summarize the basic features of PHITS3.02, especially those of the physics models and the functions implemented after the release of PHITS2.52 in 2013.
AB - We have upgraded many features of the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS) and released the new version as PHITS3.02. The accuracy and the applicable energy ranges of the code were greatly improved and extended, respectively, owing to the revisions to the nuclear reaction models and the incorporation of new atomic interaction models. Both condense history and track-structure methods were implemented to handle the electron and positron transport, although the latter is reliable only for simulations in liquid water. In addition, several user-supportive functions were developed, such as new tallies to efficiently obtain statistically better results, radioisotope source-generation function, and software tools useful for applying PHITS to medical physics. Owing to the continuous improvement and promotion of the code, the number of registered users has exceeded 3,000, and it is being used in diverse areas of study, including accelerator design, radiation shielding and protection, medical physics, and cosmic-ray research. In this paper, we summarize the basic features of PHITS3.02, especially those of the physics models and the functions implemented after the release of PHITS2.52 in 2013.
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U2 - 10.1080/00223131.2017.1419890
DO - 10.1080/00223131.2017.1419890
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040995238
SN - 0022-3131
VL - 55
SP - 684
EP - 690
JO - journal of nuclear science and technology
JF - journal of nuclear science and technology
IS - 6
ER -