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. 2020 Feb:156:108964.
doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.108964. Epub 2019 Oct 26.

Nuclide++: A C++ module to include DDEP recommended radioactive decay Data in Geant4

C Thiam  1 , C Dulieu  2 , X Mougeot  2 , A Nair  3 , C Bobin  2 , M A Kellett  2
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Nuclide++: A C++ module to include DDEP recommended radioactive decay Data in Geant4

C Thiam et al. Appl Radiat Isot. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

This article describes the Nuclide++ module developed at LNE-LNHB to simulate the decay schemes related to single or multiple radionuclides, by randomly selecting decay pathways. Written in C++, with respect of the Geant4 coding style, this module can be used transparently in Geant4-based simulation applications as an alternative to the existing Radioactive Decay Module (RDM). Nuclide++ takes advantage of the DDEP recommended data, accurate β-emitting spectra calculation and detailed description of the atomic rearrangement. This module can be useful in many applications, especially those involving radioactive sources. The reliability of the module was verified through comparisons with a while chosen radionuclides.

Keywords: DDEP data; Geant4 simulation; Radioactive decay.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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