Francesc Salvat and José M Fernández-Varea 2009 Metrologia 46 S112 doi:10.1088/0026-1394/46/2/S08
Francesc Salvat and José M Fernández-Varea
Show affiliationsThe physical principles and approximations employed in Monte Carlo simulations of coupled electron–photon transport are reviewed. After a brief analysis of the assumptions underlying the trajectory picture used to generate random particle histories, we concentrate on the physics of the various interaction processes of photons and electrons. For each of these processes we describe the theoretical models and approximations that lead to the differential cross sections employed in general-purpose Monte Carlo codes. References to relevant publications and data resources are also provided.
34.50.-s Scattering of atoms and molecules
31.15.xr Self-consistent-field methods
Issue 2 (April 2009)
Received 29 May 2008, in final form 12 September 2008
Published 20 March 2009
Francesc Salvat and José M Fernández-Varea 2009 Metrologia 46 S112
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