FLUKA
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FLUKA (an acronym for Fluktuierende Kaskade) is a fully integrated Monte Carlo simulation package for the interaction and transport of particles and nuclei in matter.[3][4][5][6] FLUKA has many applications in particle physics, high energy experimental physics and engineering, shielding, detector and telescope design, cosmic ray studies,[7] dosimetry,[8] medical physics, radiobiology. A recent line of development concerns hadron therapy.[9][10] As of 2022 FLUKA allowed simulation of interactions of photons with energy 100 eV and above.[1]
| FLUKA Particle Transport Code | |
|---|---|
| Original authors | Alberto Fassò, Alfredo Ferrari, Johannes Ranft, Paola Sala. Contributing authors: G.Battistoni, F.Cerutti, M.Chin, A.Empl, M.V.Garzelli, M.Lantz, A.Mairani, S.Muraro, V.Patera, S.Roesler, G.Smirnov, F.Sommerer, V. Vlachoudis |
| Developers | INFN, CERN |
| Initial release | 1960s[1] |
| Stable release | FLUKA 2021.2.0
/ 18 May 2021[2] |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Available in | Fortran 77 |
| Type | Monte Carlo method, Particle physics |
| License | FLUKA user license |
| Website | www.fluka.eu |
It is the standard tool used in radiation protection studies in the CERN particle accelerator laboratory.[11][12] FLUKA software code is used by Epcard, which is a software program for simulating radiation exposure on airline flights.[13]
The first version of FLUKA was developed in the 1960s by Johannes Ranft. FLUKA makes use of combinatorial geometry.[1]
