Applications of Monte Carlo

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Model Atmospheres for X-Ray Bursting Neutron Stars

“…Our method is similar to that of Canfield et al (1987), but we sample from a MaxwellBoltzmann electron distribution rather than a relativistic one. We refer to Kahn (1956), Everett & Cashwell (1983), and Kalos & Whitlock (1986) for details on sampling from Maxwell-Boltzmann and Klein-Nishina distributions.…”

Particle-transport simulation with the Monte Carlo method

“…A source particle at R has its weight modified by the factor S k R ) / Q R ) , and each particle that enters collision at R from a previous 15 …”

Continuous energy adjoint transport for photons in PHITS

“…(27) first. Kahn's rejection method is employed for photons below 1.5 MeV [12] and Koblinger's method for E > 1.5 MeV [13], following Blomquist and Gelbard [14]. The candidate is then accepted or rejected against the incoherent scattering function [11].…”