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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 1, 010202(2025)

Simulation analysis of AB-BNCT treatment room shielding based on Monte Carlo geometric splitting variance reduction technique

Yinan ZHU^1,2, Zuokang LIN^1,2、*, Haiyan YU^1,2, and Xiaohan YU^1,2

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¹Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Yinan ZHU, Zuokang LIN, Haiyan YU, Xiaohan YU. Simulation analysis of AB-BNCT treatment room shielding based on Monte Carlo geometric splitting variance reduction technique[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(1): 010202

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Category: ACCELERATOR, RAY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

Received: Dec. 26, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Feb. 26, 2025

The Author Email: LIN Zuokang (林作康)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.230415

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