Re: the Boltzmann Equation in FLUKA

Dear Yuanjie Bi,

the Boltzmann Equation is solved by FLUKA in its integral form, i.e.
by integrating over particle histories. The integration is done using
the random sampling method (Monte Carlo method).
There is nothing special you must do to solve the Boltzmann Equation,
except just running FLUKA.
If you want to know more, you can read the following article, and the
references reported there:
A. Fasso`, A. Ferrari and P.R. Sala, "Radiation transport calculations and
simulations", Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 137, 118-133 (2009).

Best regards,

Alberto

On Fri, 18 May 2012, Yuanjie Bi wrote:

> Dear FLUKA user,
>
> I am very interested in the radiation transport theory in FLUKA. When I read
> the manual, I found the basic equation is the Boltzmann Equation. But I would
> like to learn more, e.g. How to use the random sampling method to solve the
> Boltzmann Equation in detail? I hope someone can provide me some reference
> documentations to read.
>
> Many thanks!
> Yuanjie Bi
> 2012-05-18
Received on Fri May 18 2012 - 15:49:46 CEST