Abstract
Transport of proton-hydrogen fluxes in N 2 has been simulated by the Monte Carlo method and a “collision-by-collision” algorithm. Initial proton fluxes with energies from 1 keV to 1 MeV are considered for two initial angle distributions: monodirectional and isotropic in the downward hemisphere. Approximations of cross-sections used are presented. The influence of different angle scattering models on energy deposition function, average penetration depth and albedo has been estimated. It is found that scattering to the average angle compared with forward scattering does not give any difference for these transport characteristics. A comparison with a continuous slowing-down approximation has been made. It is found that the normalized energy deposition function depends strongly on the initial energy and does not coincide for any energy with the universal function presented by Rees (1982, Planet. Space Sci. 30, 463).
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