Comparison of Monte Carlo simulation of gamma ray attenuation coefficients of amino acids with XCOM program and experimental data

• Main Authors: Elbashir, B. O., Dong, Mengge G., Sayyed, M. I., Issa, Shams A. M., Matori, Khamirul Amin, Mohd Zaid, Mohd Hafiz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72071/1/Comparison%20of%20Monte%20Carlo%20simulation%20of%20gamma%20ray%20attenuation.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72071/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379717322131#!

The mass attenuation coefficients (μ/ρ), effective atomic numbers (Zeff) and electron densities (Ne) of some amino acids obtained experimentally by the other researchers have been calculated using MCNP5 simulations in the energy range 0.122–1.330 MeV. The simulated values of μ/ρ, Zeff, and Ne were c...