Transport theory can be successfully used for describing the diffusion of X- and gamma-rays in matter. In the framework of the cooperation between the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Bologna, a short PhD course is being offered to tech the foundations of photon transport with application to some paradigmatic X-ray spectrometry problems. The course gives also an introduction to an advanced aspect of photon transport: the description of the photon polarization and its influence on the diffusion. The course makes recourse to some IT tools developed at Bologna: (1) the graphic application MUPLOT which is used as a dedicated calculator for computing photon mass attenuation coefficients (total, photoelectric, Rayleigh scattering and Compton scattering) for mixtures and compounds using 92 elements of the periodic table; (2) the deterministic code SHAPE which is used for building up X- and gamma-ray fluorescence spectra and for showing the influence of the single interactions (or chains of interactions) on different parts of the spectrum; and (3) the web site http://shape.ing.unibo.it which describes these and other downloadable codes, and contains explanations on the transport theory and useful data bases for photon transport in the x-ray regime.
Information Technology (IT) for teaching X- and gamma-ray transport: the computer codes MUPLOT and SHAPE, and the web site devoted to photon transport / fernandez jorge eduardo. - STAMPA. - (2006), pp. 77-83. (Intervento presentato al convegno 1st Workshop on European Collaboration for Higher Education and Research in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Protection tenutosi a Valencia, Spain nel 4-6 May 2005).
Information Technology (IT) for teaching X- and gamma-ray transport: the computer codes MUPLOT and SHAPE, and the web site devoted to photon transport
FERNANDEZ, JORGE EDUARDO
2006
Abstract
Transport theory can be successfully used for describing the diffusion of X- and gamma-rays in matter. In the framework of the cooperation between the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Bologna, a short PhD course is being offered to tech the foundations of photon transport with application to some paradigmatic X-ray spectrometry problems. The course gives also an introduction to an advanced aspect of photon transport: the description of the photon polarization and its influence on the diffusion. The course makes recourse to some IT tools developed at Bologna: (1) the graphic application MUPLOT which is used as a dedicated calculator for computing photon mass attenuation coefficients (total, photoelectric, Rayleigh scattering and Compton scattering) for mixtures and compounds using 92 elements of the periodic table; (2) the deterministic code SHAPE which is used for building up X- and gamma-ray fluorescence spectra and for showing the influence of the single interactions (or chains of interactions) on different parts of the spectrum; and (3) the web site http://shape.ing.unibo.it which describes these and other downloadable codes, and contains explanations on the transport theory and useful data bases for photon transport in the x-ray regime.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
