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1. I need to be efficient

It is inherently beneficial to work in spherical

coordinates to lift the kernel singularity since:

dV=dS dr=r

2

dΩ dr = r

2

sinθ dθ dφ dr

j

 

V

dVjh i 1sc,

S

1scD

j i

  

r

sin2r

2r

)

exp(

i 1sc,

S



dr dd

rb

B

Instead of evaluating ALL directions around a

scerma generating point, I can DISCRETIZE space

using a number M of solid angle elements, ΔΩ

M

,

i

defined by (θ

0

0

)

M

, and assume

scerma does not

vary with θ within ΔΩ (i.e. on dS for a given r)

 

dd b

B

)

e p(

Siρ

D







r b

B

r

r

r

j i

dr ) 0

exp(

0

1sc,i

S iρ

x

1sc,i

1sc

r