Documents, Sources & Data

Documents

  1. Review of Particle Physics by the1 (PDF)
    • Section on ‘Passage of Particles through Matter’ on page 549.

Data

There are many nuclear data libraries so much so that it can easily become overwhelming. So, here are some quick pointers based on the article by2.

  • Nuclear data libraries provide information on nuclear reaction data, structure and decay. These are essential for various uses such as nuclear energy, nuclear medicine, radiation safety or education. The various libraries are typically categorised as bibliographic, experimental or evaluated.

  • Bibliographic libraries provide textual references. Experimental libraries offer (raw) numerical experimental data while evaluated libraries offer a processed form of data that is informed by theory.

  • The numerical data libraries are stored in specific data formats (e.g. ENDF-6). This format is usually specified in the name.

  • Please visit this page for a description of the various available libraries.

  • Here are some libraries that you will find most useful:

NIST Reference on Constants, Units & Uncertainty Link
NIST Atomic Weights and Isotopic Compositions with Relative Atomic Masses Link
NIST X-Ray Mass Attenuation Coefficients Link
JANIS database by NEA of the OECD. Link
Nuclear Data Center at KAERI Link
Los Alamos Nuclear Data Libraries Link
NuDat Chart @ NNDC, Brookhaven National Lab Link
LiveChart @ IAEA Nuclear Data Service - Link
- csv (Please see here for a description of the various columns)
SRIM Link
CASINO Link
GEANT4 Link
FLUKA Link
MCNP Link

List of References

1.
Particle Data Group et al. Review of Particle Physics. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics 2022, 083C01 (2022).
2.
Schwerer, O. & Obloinský, P. Overview of nuclear data libraries and online services. Radiochimica Acta 89, 197–202 (2001).