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title: "FLUKA"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLUKA"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T12:15:04.071922+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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FLUKA (an acronym for Fluktuierende Kaskade) is a fully integrated Monte Carlo simulation package for the interaction and transport of particles and nuclei in matter.
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FLUKA has many applications in particle physics, high energy experimental physics and engineering, shielding, detector and telescope design, cosmic ray studies, dosimetry, medical physics, radiobiology. A recent line of development concerns hadron therapy. As of 2022 FLUKA allowed simulation of interactions of photons with energy 100 eV and above.
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It is the standard tool used in radiation protection studies in the CERN particle accelerator laboratory.
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FLUKA software code is used by Epcard, which is a software program for simulating radiation exposure on airline flights.
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The first version of FLUKA was developed in the 1960s by Johannes Ranft. FLUKA makes use of combinatorial geometry.
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== Comparison with other codes ==
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MCNPX is slower than FLUKA.
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Geant4 is slower than FLUKA.
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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Würl, Matthias (30 May 2016). "3.1 The FLUKA Monte Carlo Code". Towards Offline PET Monitoring at a Cyclotron-Based Proton Therapy Facility: Experiments and Monte Carlo Simulations. Springer. pp. 17–19. ISBN 978-3-658-13168-5.
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== External links ==
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Official site of FLUKA collaboration
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FLUKA on the CERN bulletin
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Physics software used to fight cancer |