https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2024015
Regular Article
The FLUKA code: Overview and new developments
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University of Pavia, Physics Department, Via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, Via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, 22484 Lund, Sweden
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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University of Pisa, Department of Physics, Pisa, Italy
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Via Filippo Buonarroti, 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova and INFN-Padova, Via F. Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova (PD), Italy
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Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Radiation Control Department, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606
USA
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Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Radiological Control Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973–5000
USA
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Institute of Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Institute for Beam Physics and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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13 Passage Hamo, 1262 Eysins, Switzerland
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Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei City, 11529
Taiwan
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstr. 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Medical Physics, Am Coulombwall 1, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany
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Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, C.R. China
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National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Via E. Borloni 1, 27100 Pavia (PV), Italy
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Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Università di Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Departamento de Física Fundamental, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Roma1, P.le Aldo Moro 2, Rome, Italy
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Houston University, Houston, TX, USA
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Physics Department, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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49 Rue Clos du Moulin, 01710 Thoiry, France
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 94025 Menlo Park, CA, USA
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Department of physics and technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
* e-mail: alfredo.ferrari@kit.edu
** e-mail: paola.sala@orange.fr
Received:
17
June
2024
Received in final form:
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August
2024
Accepted:
27
August
2024
Published online: 2 December 2024
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.
© F. Ballarini et al., Published by EDP Sciences, 2024
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