Polycrystalline neutron scattering for Geant4: NXSG4

An extension to Geant4 based on the nxs library is presented. It has been implemented in order to include effects of low-energy neutron scattering in polycrystalline materials, and is made available to the scientific community. Program title: NXSG4 Catalogue identifier: AEUZ_v1_0 Program summary URL...

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Published in:Computer physics communications 2015-04, Vol.189, p.114-118
Main Authors: Kittelmann, T., Boin, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithm
C++ (programming language)
Computer simulation
Detector
Diffraction
Geant4
Libraries
Licenses
Low energy
Mathematical models
Monte Carlo methods
Neutron
Neutron scattering
Polycrystal
Scattering
Simulation
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Summary:An extension to Geant4 based on the nxs library is presented. It has been implemented in order to include effects of low-energy neutron scattering in polycrystalline materials, and is made available to the scientific community. Program title: NXSG4 Catalogue identifier: AEUZ_v1_0 Program summary URL:http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AEUZ_v1_0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen’s University, Belfast, N. Ireland Licensing provisions: Free for non-commercial use (as per terms in LICENSE file) No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 12281 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 350468 Distribution format: tar.bz2 Programming language: C and C++. Computer: Any with a C or C++ compiler. Operating system: Linux, OSX. Classification: 7.6, 7.7, 8, 11.1, 11.7. External routines: Geant4 (http://geant4.cern.ch/) Nature of problem: Simulation of neutron scattering in polycrystalline materials Solution method: Monte Carlo methods based on analytical formulas Running time: The example provided takes only a few seconds to run.
ISSN:0010-4655
1879-2944
DOI:10.1016/j.cpc.2014.11.009