The FLUKA code: Overview and new developments
F. Ballarini, K. E. Batkov, G. Battistoni, M.G. Bisogni, Till T. Böhlen, Mauro Campanella, Mario Pietro Carante, Daiyuan Chen, Angelica De Gregorio, Pavel Degtiarenko, Pedro De la Torre Luque, Ricardo Augusto, R. Engel, A. Fassò, Anatoli Fedynitch, A. Ferrari, A. Ferrari, Gaia Franciosini, A. Kraan, Julie Lascaud, W. Li, Juntao Liu, Zhiyi Liu, Giuseppe Magro, Andrea Mairani, I. Mattei, M. N. Mazziotta, M.C. Morone, S. Müller, S. Muraro, Pablo G. Ortega, Katia Parodi, V. Patera, L. Pinsky, Ricardo Luis Ramos, Johannes Ranft, V. Rosso, P. Sala, M. Leitner, Giancarlo Sportelli, Thomas Tessonnier, Kristian S. Ytre-Hauge, Lorenzo Zana
Abstract
The FLUKA Monte Carlo Radiation Transport and Interaction code package is widely used to simulate the interaction of particles with matter in a variety of fields, including high energy physics, space radiation, medical applications, radiation protection and shielding assessments, accelerator studies, astrophysical studies and well logging. This paper gives a brief overview of the FLUKA program and describes recent developments, in particular, improvements in the modelling of particle interactions and transport are described in detail. In addition, an overview of selected applications is given.