Physics references for medical applications - Publications and preprints

Multiple scattering

• L. Urban, Multiple scattering in Geant4, CERN-OPEN-2002-070, 2002
• H. W. Lewis, Multiple scatering in an infinite medium, Phys. Rev. 78, 526-529, 1950

Hadronic physics - general

• H. P. Wellisch, “Hadronic shower models in Geant4 – the frameworks,” Comp. Phys. Comm., vol. 140, 65-75, 2001
• G. Folger, V. N. Ivanchenko, and H. P. Wellisch, “The binary cascade. Nucleon nuclear reactions,” Eur. Phys. J. A 21, 407-417, 2004
• Particle Data Group Collaboration (K. Hagiwara et al), Phys. Rev. D 66, 1-974, 2002
• Y. E. Titarenko et al, “Experimental and computer simulation study of radionuclide production in heavy materials irradiated by intermediate energy protons,” nucl-ex/9908012, August 1999
• R. Serber, “Nuclear reactions at high energies,” Phys. Rev. 72, 1114-1115, 1947
• D.H. Wright et al, “Low and High Energy Modeling in Geant4, proceedings of the Hadronic Shower Simulation Workshop”, 6-8 September 2006, Batavia Illinois, ed. M. Albrow and R. Raja, p. 11
• J. J. Griffin, “Semiclassical model of intermediate structure”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 17, 478-481, 1966
• K. K. Gudima, S. G. Mashnik, and V. D. Toneev, “Cascade-exciton model of nuclear reactions,” Nucl. Phys. A 401, 329-361, 1983
• V. Lara, and J. P. Wellisch, “Pre-equilibrium and equilibrium decays in Geant4,” in Proc. IX International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics, 449-452, 2000.
• V. F. Weisskopf and D. H. Ewing, “On the yield of nuclear reactions with heavy elements,” Phys. Rev. 57, 472-485, 1940
• V. N. Ivanchenko, “Combined cross-sections and elastic scattering,” presented at the 11th Geant4 Collaboration Workshop and Users Conference, October 2006

Heavy ions

• G4TripathiCrossSection: NASA Technical Paper 3621 (1997)
• G4IonsShenCrossSection: Nucl. Phys. A491 (1989) 130
• G4QMDReaction/JQMD2G4InelasticModel: Phys. Rev. C52 (1995) 2620, CHEP ECONF C0303241 THM T005 (2003)
• T. Toshito et al, Phys. Rev. C75 (2007)
• S. Kameoka et al, "Dosimetric evaluation of nuclear interaction models in the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit for carbon-ion radiotherapy, " Radiol. Phys. Technol. (2008) 183-187

For a more thorough listing of publications on electromagnetic physics, please also consult these pages.

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-- ChristinaZacharatou - 11 Dec 2008