A SIMPLE MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF RADIOACTIVE DECAY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56238/levv16n51-035Keywords:
Nuclear Physics, Radioactive Decay, Monte Carlo SimulationAbstract
This work presents a simple Monte Carlo simulation of radioactive decay implemented in Fortran programming language. The simulation uses random number generation to model the probability of decay of unstable nuclei. Probabilities of 10%, 50%, and 90% were tested, and the results exhibit the expected exponential behavior, demonstrated by straight lines in semi-logarithmic plots. In addition to hypothetical cases, the decay of the radioactive isotope Carbon-14 was also modeled and analyzed, highlighting the method´s applicability to real-world scenarios. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach for examining statistical properties of decay processes and offer insight into the relationship between simulation parameters and physical observables.
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