MONT3E: A Monte Carlo electron heat transfer code

A Monte Carlo code, MONT3E, was written to analyze heat transfer due to electron backscattering. The availability of supercomputers has made large-scale applications of this analysis technique possible. The physical theory of electron trajectories is described and related to implementation of an ele...

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Main Authors: Maltby, J.D., Kornblum, B.T.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
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Backscatter
Electrons
Heat transfer
Information analysis
Large-scale systems
Magnetic analysis
Magnetic fields
Monte Carlo methods
Supercomputers
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Summary:A Monte Carlo code, MONT3E, was written to analyze heat transfer due to electron backscattering. The availability of supercomputers has made large-scale applications of this analysis technique possible. The physical theory of electron trajectories is described and related to implementation of an electron tracing algorithm. The analysis requires three types of information: a geometric description of the enclosed volume under analysis, a magnetic field definition, and a model of electron-surface interaction. The implementation of these three components in MONT3E is presented. An electron backscatter experiment was modeled using the code. The MONT3E predictions compared favorably to the experimental data, lending confidence to code predictions.< >
DOI:10.1109/SUPERC.1990.130089