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Radiation Transport Calculations using the EGS Monte Carlo System

May 9 - 13, 2005

Jointly sponsored by Carleton University and NRC

Held at NRC, Montreal Rd, Ottawa, Canada

Principal Instructors
Iwan Kawrakow  NRCC,    David W O Rogers  Carleton University
Jan Seuntjens  McGill University,     Ernesto Mainegra-Hing  NRCC,
  Blake Walters  NRCC

What is EGS?
The course is based on EGSnrc, a Monte Carlo package for the coupled transport of electrons, photons and positrons in the energy range 1 keV ... 100 GeV. EGSnrc is the actively developed branch of the popular EGS (Electron-Gamma-Shower) code system. See
http://www.irs.inms.nrc.ca/inms/irs/papers/egs.biblio/egs.biblio.html for an incomplete list of papers about or using EGS. Compared to earlier EGS releases such as EGS4 (see the EGS home page) EGSnrc incorporates a variety of improvements in the underlying photon and electron cross sections and in the implementation of the condensed history technique, see the on-line manual for more details. As with EGS4, the package is written in MORTRAN3 and requires a FORTRAN77 compiler but unlike EGS4, EGSnrc-based user-codes can be developed in C and C++ in addition to MORTRAN3 (or FORTRAN77). Although EGSnrc has previously been for only a Unix/Linux operating system, the course will be run using EGSnrcMP which runs on Microsoft Windows and Mac OSX as well. The course includes instruction on use of a flexible new general purpose geometry package for use with EGSnrc. Students bringing Windows laptops may have the EGSnrc system installed at the start of the course and do the lab exercises on their laptops, otherwise Linux desktop computers will be available. EGSnrc is available on-line at http://www.irs.inms.nrc.ca/inms/irs/EGSnrc/EGSnrc.html. There is no requirement to take the course to obtain the code system.

The course
The 4.5-day course will follow the traditional format of EGS courses with a strong emphasis on hands-on experience. The course is intended primarily for new users of the EGS system although there will be ample opportunity during the laboratory sessions for discussions on more advanced issues.

This course is NOT about the BEAM code system.

Although jointly sponsored by Carleton University, the course will be held at the Montreal Rd campus of NRC in Ottawa Canada.

The cost
The course tuition is $Cdn 2,200 per person. Included in the cost of the course are all educational materials, lunches, and one evening meal. The cost does not include any charge for the software. The participant will be responsible for their own hotel reservations etc.

To facilitate instruction, enrollment will be limited to 26 people. A deposit of $Cdn 150 must accompany the registration. The deposit will not be refunded for cancellations after April 4, 2005. Final payment must be received by Apr 11 2005. Registration is on a first-come basis. If we do not have adequate registration by Apr 4, 2005 we will cancel the course and refund the tuition, including deposit so do not book flights until confirmation that the course is on. Please register early so we can confirm the course is on, and send us an indication of serious interest even earlier.

Timetable

A more detailed schedule is available here.

Registration    
   
Click here for a copy of the registration form. Please fill in all the applicable fields then print it out.

A $Cdn150 deposit must accompany the registration. The entire tuition of $Cdn2,200 must be paid in full by Apr 11, 2005.

Deposit and tuition are payable by international money order or bank draft, both payable in Canadian funds, made payable to:

Carleton University (EGSnrc Workshop)

Information on accommodation will be mailed with your registration confirmation.

Please mail the form along with money order or bank draft to:

EGSnrc Workshop
c/o Nikki Dignard
Office of the Dean of Science
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1S 5B6
tel: (613) 520-4388
fax: (613) 520-4389

For further information contact:
   
Dave Rogers drogers(not_this_part)@physics.carleton.ca
phone: 613-52-2600 x4374

Iwan Kawrakow iwan(not_this_part)@irs.phy.nrc.ca
phone: 613-993-2715 fax: 613-952-9865
or
Blake Walters bwalters(not_this_part)@irs.phy.nrc.ca
phone: 613-993-2715 fax: 613-952-9865

Dave Rogers 2004-11-23