title: A Monte Carlo study of high-energy photon transport in matter: application for multiple scattering investigation in Compton spectroscopy.
abstract: The first results of multiple scattering simulations of polarized high-energy X-rays for Compton experiments using a new Monte Carlo program, MUSCAT, are presented. The program is developed to follow the restrictions of real experimental geometries. The new simulation algorithm uses not only well known photon splitting and interaction forcing methods but it is also upgraded with the new propagation separation method and highly vectorized. In this paper, a detailed description of the new simulation algorithm is given. The code is verified by comparison with the previous experimental and simulation results by the ESRF group and new restricted geometry experiments carried out at SPring-8.
authors.affiliation: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brancewicz
authors.affiliation: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itou
authors.affiliation: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakurai
keywords: Compton spectroscopy; Monte Carlo; multiple scattering; photon transport; simulation algorithm