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FLUKA (an acronym for Fluktuierende Kaskade) is a fully integrated Monte Carlo simulation package for the interaction and transport of particles and nuclei in matter.[1][2][3][4] FLUKA has many applications in particle physics, high energy experimental physics and engineering, shielding, detector and telescope design, cosmic ray studies,[5] dosimetry,[6] medical physics, radiobiology. A recent line of development concerns hadron therapy.[7][8] As of 2022 FLUKA allowed simulation of interactions of photons with energy 100 eV and above.[9]

It is the standard tool used in radiation protection studies in the CERN particle accelerator laboratory.[10][11] FLUKA software code is used by Epcard, which is a software program for simulating radiation exposure on airline flights.[12]

The first version of FLUKA was developed in the 1960s by Johannes Ranft. FLUKA makes use of combinatorial geometry.[9]

For more information, see Wikipedia.

References

  1. ↑ "Overview of the FLUKA code" (2015). Annals of Nuclear Energy 82: 10–18. doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2014.11.007. ISSN 0306-4549. w:Bibcode: 2015AnNuE..82...10B. 
  2. ↑ Fassò, A.; Ferrari, A.; Ranft, Johannes; Sala, Paola R. (2005). FLUKA: a multi-particle transport code, CERN 2005-10 (2005), INFN/TC_05/11, SLAC-R-773. CERN Yellow Reports: Monographs. doi:10.5170/CERN-2005-010. ISBN 978-92-9083-260-7.
  3. ↑ "The FLUKA code: description and benchmarking" (2007). AIP Conference Proceedings 896: 31–49. doi:10.1063/1.2720455. ISSN 0094-243X. 
  4. ↑ "FLUKA as a new high energy cosmic ray generator" (2011). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 626-627: S191–S192. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.05.019. ISSN 0168-9002. w:Bibcode: 2011NIMPA.626S.191B. 
  5. ↑ "Comparison of the FLUKA calculations with CAPRICE94 data on muons in atmosphere" (2002). Astroparticle Physics 17 (4): 477–488. doi:10.1016/S0927-6505(01)00176-1. ISSN 0927-6505. w:Bibcode: 2002APh....17..477B. 
  6. ↑ "Monte Carlo Calculation of the Radiation Field at Aircraft Altitudes" (2002). Radiation Protection Dosimetry 98 (4): 367–388. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006728. ISSN 0144-8420. Template:PMID. 
  7. ↑ "The FLUKA Code: An Accurate Simulation Tool for Particle Therapy" (2016). Frontiers in Oncology 6. doi:10.3389/fonc.2016.00116. ISSN 2234-943X. Template:PMID. 
  8. ↑ "Monte Carlo simulation of secondary neutron dose for scanning proton therapy using FLUKA" (2017). PLOS ONE 12 (10). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0186544. ISSN 1932-6203. Template:PMID. w:Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1286544L. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Tsinganis
  10. ↑ "A Monte Carlo code for ion beam therapy". CERN Document Server. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  11. ↑ "The Application of the Monte Carlo Code FLUKA in Radiation Protection Studies for the Large Hadron Collider" (in en) (2011-10-01). Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology 2: 358–364. doi:10.15669/pnst.2.358. ISSN 2185-4823. 
  12. ↑ Jeffrey R. Davis, Robert Johnson, Jan Stepanek - Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine (2008) - Page 228-230 (Google Books Link 2010)
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