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The Monte Carlo Nonuniform Sampling Technique Applied to the Klein-Nishina Probability Density Function

Y. S. Horowitz, A. Dubi, S. Mordechai

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 60 / Number 4 / August 1976 / Pages 461-463

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A26906

The Monte Carlo generalized rejection technique provides a continuous passage from the inverse equation sampling method to the uniform sampling rejection method; it is well known that the nonuniform rejection method can be used to achieve very significant increases in sampling efficiency. We have applied the nonuniform rejection method to the Klein-Nishina Probability Density Function and have obtained improved efficiencies over the uniform sampling method of up to 100% at high gamma-ray energies and 10 to 60% improved efficiencies in the energy range from 0.3 to 1.5 MeV, respectively.