A new tool for low-energy fundamental particle transport investigations:
As reported in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A (2017) researchers from TRIUMF and Technical University of Munich have developed PENTrack, a tool for simulating proton, electron and neutron paths in low-energy particle transport research. Knowledge of detailed particle behaviour has a large impact on systematic studies of experimental data, and simulations are key to accounting for such phenomena as complex apparatus geometries and electromagnetic fields. The simulation tool will in particular support simulations of trajectories and spins with ultra-cold neutrons at the new TRIUMF Ultracold Advanced Neutron source.