WHAT ARE OBTAINED
For notations appearing in "Additional results," see Notations.

1. "Calculate Curves" Group

1.1 "Depth-dose curve" mode
  • De(z) [energy deposition as a function of depth]
    or
    (r0/E0)De(z) [scaled energy deposition as a function of scaled depth; r0 = continuous slowing-down approximation range of incident electrons]
  • Additional results: r0 , Rex , Rav , zav , hN , hE , De(0) , Demax and De(zmax)
    The last three parameters are also obtained in scaled quantities.
1.2 "Bremsstrahlung dose" mode
  • Deb(z) [energy-deposition distribution via bremsstrahlung]
    or
    (r0/E0)Deb(z) [scaled energy-deposition distribution via bremsstrahlung]
  • Additional results: r0 , Rex , Rav , zav , hN , hE , Deb(0) , Debmax and Deb(zmax)
    The last three parameters are also obtained in scaled quantities.
1.3 "Depth-charge curve" mode
  • Dcp(z) [charge-deposition distribution due to primary electrons]
    or
    r0Dcp(z) [scaled charge-deposition distribution due to primary electrons]
  • Additional results: r0 , Rex , Rav , zav , hN , hE , Dcp(0) , Dcpmax and Dcp(zmax)
    The last three parameters are also obtained in scaled quantities.
1.4 "Transmission curve" mode
  • k(x) [number-transmission ratio as a function of absorber thickness or as a function of scaled absorber thickness]
  • Additional results: r0 , Rex and Rav
2. "Compare Curves" Group
2.1 "Dose and charge" mode
  • De(z) and Dcp(z) [see 1.1 and 1.3]
    or
    (r0/E0)De(z) and r0Dcp(z)
  • Additional results: r , Rex , hN , hE
2.2 "Dose components" mode
  • Deb(z) (see 1.2) and Dec(z) [energy- deposition distribution via collision]
    or
    (r0/E0)Deb(z) and (r0/E0)Dec(z)
  • Additional results: r , Rex , hpE and hE
2.3 "Transmission and reflection" mode
  • hN(E) [number-reflection ratio as a function of incident energy] and k(E) [number-transmission ratio as a function of incident energy]
  • Additional results: r , Rex and Rav
2.4 "Energy-reflection ratios" mode
  • hE [energy-reflection ratio of electrons as a function of incident energy] and
    hpE [energy-reflection ratio of photons as a function of incident energy]
  • Additional results: hE(Emin) , hE(Emax) , hpEmax , hpE(Emin) and hpE(Emin)
3. "Compare with Monte Carlo Results" Group
3.1 "Dose in elemental absorbers" mode
  • De(z) or (r0/E0)De(z) [see 1.1]
    calculated by the algorithm is compared with the ITS Monte Carlo results for elemental absobers.
3.2 "Dose in non-elemental absorbers" mode
  • The same comparison as above is made for light compounds and mixtures.
3.2 "Charge in elemental absorbers" mode
  • Dcp(z) or r0Dcp(z) [see 1.1]
    calculated by the formulla is compared with the ITS Monte Carlo results for elemental absobers.
Notations

  • hE: energy-reflection ratio of electrons
  • hpE: energy-reflection ratio of photons
  • hN: number-reflection ratio of electrons
  • r0: continuous slowing-down approximation range
  • Rav: average reach, originally proposed as average depth of electron penetration
  • Rex: extrapolated range
  • zav: average penetration depth, also called projected range
inserted by FC2 system