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Kirk Mathews
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 173 | Number 3 | March 2013 | Pages 207-221
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE11-57
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Many Monte Carlo photon transport codes draw samples of the scattering cosine, and corresponding energy loss, for Compton scatter from the Klein-Nishina differential scattering cross section. We present new schemes for sampling by rejection that offer advantages in run time, parsimony in use of random numbers, and/or acceptance efficiency. These are compared with Kahn's method, which was recommended by Lux and Koblinger in 1991. We conclude with recommendations for both algorithmic and table-based approaches.