Monte Carlo Calculations of Initial Energies of Electrons in Water Irradiated by Photons With Energies Up to 1 GeV
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Health Physics
- Vol. 43 (6) , 845-852
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-198212000-00006
Abstract
Previous calculations of the initial energies of electrons produced in water irradiated by photons are extended to 1 GeV by including pair and triplet production. Calculations were performed with the Monte Carlo computer code PHOEL-3, which replaces the earlier code, PHOEL-2. Tables of initial electron energies are presented for single interactions of monoenergetic photons at a number of energies from 10 keV to 1 GeV. These tables can be used to compute kerma in water irradiated by photons with arbitrary energy spectra to 1 GeV. In addition, separate tables of Compton-and pair-electron spectra are given over this energy range. The code PHOEL-3 is available from the Radiation Shielding Information Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.Keywords
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