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in Various Geometries

Updated: August 8, 2006

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• Correction of secondary X-ray fluorescence near grain boundaries in electron microprobe analysis: Application to thermobarometry of spinel lherzolites, by Llovet and Galan, American Mineralogist, 88, 2003, 10 pages
• Monte Carlo simulation of secondary fluorescence in small particles and at phase boundaries by Llovet, Valovirta and Heikinheimo, Mikrochim. Acta 132 (2000), 8 pages
• Metallic thin film thickness determinationusing electron probe microanalysis, by Campos, Coleoni, Trincavelli, Kaschny, Hubbler, Soares and Vasconcellos, X-Ray Spectrom. 30 (2001), 7 pages
• Quantitative electron microprobe analysis of homogeneous bulk samples by Labar, EMAS-2002, 10 pages

• Monte Carlo simulation of kilovolt electron transport in solids by Martinez, Mayol and Salvat, JAP 67 (1990), 10 pages
• PENELOPE: An algorithm for Monte Carlo simulation of the penetration and energy loss of electrons and positrons in matter, by Baro, Sempau, Fernandez-Varea and Salvat, NIMPR B 100, 1995, 16 pages
• Monte Carlo simulation of 0.1-100 keV electron and positron transport in solids using optical data and partial wave methods, by Fernandez-Varea, Liljequist, Csillag, Raty and Salvat, NIMPR B 108 (1996), 16 pages
• An algorithm for Monte Carlo simulation of coupled electron-photon transport, by Sempau, Acosta, Baro, Fernandez-Varea and Salvat, NIMPR B 132, 1997, 14 pages
• Monte Carlo simulation of x-ray emission by kilovolt electron bombardment, by Acosta, Llovet, Coleoni, Riveros, and Salvat, JAP, 83 (1998) 12 pages
• Improved electron transport mechanics in the PENELOPE Monte-Carlo model, NIMPR B 173 (2001), 12 pages
• The physics of electron/positron transport in PENELOPE, Salvat, Fernandez-Varea, Acosta and Sempau, Proceedings of 9th EGS4 users mtg in Japan, KEK Proceedings 2001-2, 6 pages
• Monte Carlo simulation of bremsstrahlung emission by electrons, Acosta, Llovet and Salvat, Applied Physics Letters, 80, 2002, 3 pages
• Monte Carlo simulation of x-ray spectra generated by kilo-electron-volt electrons, by Llovet, Sorbier, Campos, Acosta and Salvat, JAP 93 (2003), 8 pages
• Experimental benchmarks of the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE, Sempau, Fernandez-Varea, Acosta and Salvat, NIMB 207 (2003), 17 pages
• Parallelization of the PENELOPE Monte Carlo particle transport simulation package by Cruise, Sheppard and Moskvin, Nuclear Math and Computational SciencesL A Century in Review, A Century Anew (ANS), 2003, 11 pages

• Tutorial for PENELOPE (version 2003) 7 pages
• Manual for Fortran program PENELOPE (2003), by Salvat, Fernandez-Varea and Sempau, 24 pages
• PENELOPE, a code system for Monte Carlo simulation of electron and photon transport, by Salvat, Fernandez-Varea and Sempau, 253 pages

• Cross sections for K-shell ionisation by electron impact, by Mayol and Salvat, J. Phys.B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 23 (1990), 14 pages
• Measurements of K-shell ionization cross sections of Cr, Ni and Cu by impact of 6.5-40 keV electrons, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 33 (2000), 12 pages
• Calculated electron impact cross sections for the K-shell ionization of Fe, Co, Mn, Ti, Zn, Nb and Mo atoms using the DM formalism, by Deutsch, Becker, Gstir and Mark, IJMS 213 (2002), 4 pages
• Measurements of absolute cross sections for K-shell ionization of Fe and Mn by electron impact, Llovet, Merlet and Salvat, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 35 (2002), 10 pages
• Comparison between intensity jumps in experimental, simulated and theoretical multielemental spectra, Figueroa, Garcia and Brusa, X-Ray Spectrometry, 32, 2003, 5 pages
• Complete characterization of a Si(Li) detector in the photon energy range 0.9-5 keV, by Krumrey, Tegeler and Ulm, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 60 (1989), 4 pages