FLUKA explained

FLUKA Particle Transport Code
Author:Alberto Fassò, Alfredo Ferrari, Johannes Ranft, Paola Sala.Contributing authors: G.Battistoni, F.Cerutti, M.Chin, A.Empl, M.V.Garzelli, M.Lantz, A.Mairani, S.Muraro, V.Patera, S.Roesler, G.Smirnov, F.Sommerer, V. Vlachoudis
Developer:INFN, CERN
Latest Release Version:FLUKA 2021.2.0
Latest Release Date:18 May 2021[1]
Operating System:Linux
Language:Fortran 77
Genre:Monte Carlo method, Particle physics
License:FLUKA user license
Website:www.fluka.org

FLUKA (FLUktuierende KAskade) is a fully integrated Monte Carlo simulation package for the interaction and transport of particles and nuclei in matter.[2] [3] [4] [5] FLUKA has many applications in particle physics, high energy experimental physics and engineering, shielding, detector and telescope design, cosmic ray studies,[6] dosimetry,[7] medical physics, radiobiology. A recent line of development concerns hadron therapy.[8] [9]

It is the standard tool used in radiation protection studies in the CERN particle accelerator laboratory.[10] [11] FLUKA software code is used by Epcard, which is a software program for simulating radiation exposure on airline flights.[12]

Comparison with other codes

MCNPX is slower than FLUKA.[13] [14]

Geant4 is slower than FLUKA.[13] [14] [15]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fluka.org/fluka.php The official FLUKA site: FLUKA home
  2. Battistoni. Giuseppe. Boehlen. Till. Cerutti. Francesco. Chin. Pik Wai. Esposito. Luigi Salvatore. Fassò. Alberto. Ferrari. Alfredo. Lechner. Anton. Empl. Anton. Mairani. Andrea. Mereghetti. Alessio. Ortega. Pablo Garcia. Ranft. Johannes. Roesler. Stefan. Sala. Paola R.. Vlachoudis. Vasilis. Smirnov. George. Overview of the FLUKA code. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 82. 2015. 10–18. 0306-4549. 10.1016/j.anucene.2014.11.007. free.
  3. Book: 10.5170/CERN-2005-010 . FLUKA: a multi-particle transport code, CERN 2005-10 (2005), INFN/TC_05/11, SLAC-R-773. 2005. Fassò. A.. Ferrari. A.. Ranft. Johannes. Sala. Paola R.. CERN Yellow Reports: Monographs. 9789290832607.
  4. Book: Battistoni. G.. Cerutti. F.. Fassò. A.. Ferrari. A.. Muraro. S.. Ranft. J.. Roesler. S.. Sala. P. R.. AIP Conference Proceedings. The FLUKA code: description and benchmarking. Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations. 896. 2007. 31–49. 0094-243X. 10.1063/1.2720455.
  5. Battistoni. Giuseppe. Margiotta. Annarita. Muraro. Silvia. Sioli. Maximiliano. FLUKA as a new high energy cosmic ray generator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 626-627. 2011. S191–S192. 0168-9002. 10.1016/j.nima.2010.05.019. 1002.4655. 2011NIMPA.626S.191B. 119208962.
  6. Battistoni. G.. Ferrari. A.. Montaruli. T.. Sala. P.R.. Comparison of the FLUKA calculations with CAPRICE94 data on muons in atmosphere. Astroparticle Physics. 17. 4. 2002. 477–488. 0927-6505. 10.1016/S0927-6505(01)00176-1. hep-ph/0107241. 2002APh....17..477B. 204927907.
  7. Roesler. S.. Heinrich. W.. Schraube. H.. 2002. Monte Carlo Calculation of the Radiation Field at Aircraft Altitudes. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 98. 4. 367–388. 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006728. 0144-8420. 12120665.
  8. Battistoni. Giuseppe. Bauer. Julia. Boehlen. Till T.. Cerutti. Francesco. Chin. Mary P. W.. Dos Santos Augusto. Ricardo. Ferrari. Alfredo. Ortega. Pablo G.. Kozłowska. Wioletta. Magro. Giuseppe. Mairani. Andrea. Parodi. Katia. Sala. Paola R.. Schoofs. Philippe. Tessonnier. Thomas. Vlachoudis. Vasilis. The FLUKA Code: An Accurate Simulation Tool for Particle Therapy. Frontiers in Oncology. 6. 2016. 116. 2234-943X. 10.3389/fonc.2016.00116. 27242956. 4863153. free.
  9. Zhang. Qinghui. Lee. Chaeyeong. Lee. Sangmin. Lee. Seung-Jae. Song. Hankyeol. Kim. Dae-Hyun. Cho. Sungkoo. Jo. Kwanghyun. Han. Youngyih. Chung. Yong Hyun. Kim. Jin Sung. Monte Carlo simulation of secondary neutron dose for scanning proton therapy using FLUKA. PLOS ONE. 12. 10. 2017. e0186544. 1932-6203. 10.1371/journal.pone.0186544. 29045491. 5646843. 2017PLoSO..1286544L. free.
  10. Web site: A Monte Carlo code for ion beam therapy . 2023-10-22 . CERN Document Server.
  11. Battistoni . Giuseppe . Broggi . Francesco . Brugger . Markus . Campanella . Mauro . Carboni . Massimo . Empl . Anton . Fassò . Alberto . Gadioli . Ettore . Cerutti . Francesco . Ferrari . Alfredo . Ferrari . Anna . Garzelli . Maria Vittoria . Lantz . Mattias . Mairani . Andrea . Margiotta . M. . 2011-10-01 . The Application of the Monte Carlo Code FLUKA in Radiation Protection Studies for the Large Hadron Collider . Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology . en . 2 . 358–364 . 10.15669/pnst.2.358 . 2185-4823.
  12. https://books.google.com/books?id=_6hymYAgC6MC&dq=Epcard&pg=PA229 Jeffrey R. Davis, Robert Johnson, Jan Stepanek - Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine (2008) - Page 228-230
  13. 10.13182/NT09-A9310. Intercomparision of Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Codes MCNPX, GEANT4, and FLUKA for Simulating Proton Radiotherapy of the Eye. 2009. Randeniya. S. D.. Taddei. P. J.. Newhauser. W. D.. Yepes. P.. Nuclear Technology. 168. 3. 810–814. 20865141 . 2943388 .
  14. 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167923. Comment on "Gamma-ray spectroscopy using angular distribution of Compton scattering" [Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 1031 (2022) 166502]]. 2023. Gloster. Colin Paul. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1049. 167923. 255262511 .
  15. 10.1118/1.1769631. A Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithm for proton therapy. 2004. Fippel. Matthias. Soukup. Martin. Medical Physics. 31. 8. 2263–2273. 15377093 . subscription.

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