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[EN] Purpose: Some Monte Carlo simulation codes can read and write phase space files in IAEA format,
which are used to characterize accelerators, brachytherapy seeds and other radiation sources.
Moreover, as the format has ...[+]
[EN] Purpose: Some Monte Carlo simulation codes can read and write phase space files in IAEA format,
which are used to characterize accelerators, brachytherapy seeds and other radiation sources.
Moreover, as the format has been standardized, these files can be used with different simulation
codes. However, MCNP6 has not still implemented this capability, which complicate the studies
involving this kind of sources and the reproducibility of results among independent researchers.
Therefore, the purpose of this work is to develop a tool to perform conversions between IAEA
and MCNP6 phase space files formats, to be used for Monte Carlo simulations.
Materials and Methods: This paper presents a toolkit written in C language that uses the IAEA
libraries to convert phase space files between IAEA and MCNP6 format and vice versa. To test the
functionality of the provided tool, a set of verification tests has been carried out. In addition, a lin-
ear accelerator treatment has been simulated with the PENELOPE library using the PenEasy frame-
work, which is already capable to read and write IAEA phase space files, and MCNP6 using the
developed tools.
Results: Both codes show compatible depth dose curves and profiles in a water tank, demonstrat-
ing that the conversion tools work properly. Moreover, the phase space file formats have been
converted from IAEA to MCNP6 format and back again to IAEA format, reproducing the very
same results.
Conclusion: The toolkit developed in this work offers MCNP6 scientific community an external
and validated program able to convert phase space files in IAEA format to MCNP6 internal format
and use them for Monte Carlo applications. Furthermore, the developed tools provide also the
reverse conversion, which allow sharing MCNP6 results with users of other Monte Carlo codes.
This capability in the MCNP6 ecosystem provides to the scientific community the ability not only
to share radiation sources, but also to facilitate the reproducibility among different groups using
different codes via the standard format specified by the IAEA.
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Agradecimientos:
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This study was supported by the program 'Ayudas para la promocion de empleo joven e implantacion de la Garantia Juvenil en I+D+i, Plan Estatal de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnica e Innovacion 2017-2020. Ministerio de ...[+]
This study was supported by the program 'Ayudas para la promocion de empleo joven e implantacion de la Garantia Juvenil en I+D+i, Plan Estatal de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnica e Innovacion 2017-2020. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades' from 'Iniciativa de Empleo Juvenil (IEJ)' and Fondo Social Europeo (FSE)' Grant number PEJ2018-001678-A.
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