EPICS2025

Electron Photon Interaction Cross Sections (2025)

The Official ENDF/B-VIII.1 Electron, Photon & Atomic Data

Originally by

Dermott (Red) Cullen

National Nuclear Data Center, BNL, alumnus

Nuclear Data Section, IAEA, Vienna, alumnus

University of California, LLNL, retired

RedCullen1@comcast.net


This will be my (D.E.Cullen) final EPICS Release.

I am now 85 years old and it is time for me to pass

these data files on to the next generation to maintain.


EPICS Now Maintained and Developed by

Caleb Mattoon

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

mattoon1@llnl.gov

Is assuming responsibility for EPICS (see the disclaimer)

PLEASE send ALL Feedback/Questions to Caleb Mattoon


WARNING

Latest Website Update January 2025

This Replaces ALL Earlier Versions of the EPICS Data Libraries

EADL, EEDL and EPDL

STRONGLY Recommended you use ONLY the Latest Data Files

User Feedback is so IMPORTANT

Today virtually ALL improvments in our data is based on USER FEEDBACK.

ALL feedback - pro & con - HELPS

PLEASE send Caleb Mattoon ALL feedback,

including copies of ALL of your reports and useful results

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER , so PLEASE HELP ALL OF US

Updates

Data Updated January 2025

1) No changes to numerical values since August 2023

2) All Floating Point Numbers are now Compatible

xxxx xxxwith FORTRAN, C, C++... using "E" rather than "D".

3) Sequence Numbers deleted; recent ENDF-102 Change


Aug. 2023: ENDF Bremsstrahlung secondary distribution corrected
July 2018: ALL ENDL formatted files updated
Apr. 2018:
EADL in the ENDF Format updated
Feb. 2018:
EPDL in the ENDL Format updated
Aug. 2023:
ALL 3 (EADL, EEDL, EPDL) updATED

Documentation

Power Point Introduction - Overview

PLEASE VIEW!!! (2002 EPICS added to ENDF/B) PLEASE VIEW!!!

2025 Status Report

(the most upto-date information on use of EPICS;

including - interpretation - and misinterpretations users should avoid)

2017 Documents

(Read me FIRST)


Atomic Data (EADL)

(EADL updated Apr. 2018)

Electron Data (EEDL)

Photon Data (EPDL)

(EPDL updated Feb. 2018)

Older Background Documents

EPICS2023

EPICS2017

EPICS2014

EEDL1991

EPDL1989

EPDL1997

Format Descriptions

EPICS Formats and Content

(ENDF and ENDLX)

(Updated July 2018)

Original ENDL Format

(Updated May 2002)

Utility Code

(RELAXCode System Compressed)

Calculate Electron and Photon

Atomic Relaxation Spectra

RELAX Document (Out-of Date, but still useful)

RELAX Read Me (Current hints on using code)

Data Files

All of the below files are simple text: ENDF 75 columns/line, ENDL 72 columns/line.

If you do not see simple text when you open them USE A DIFFERENT BROWSER,

e.g., Internet Explorer does NOT work.

The EPICS library is provided under the terms of the Creative Commons license.

Whole Libraries (ALL Elements: Z=1 to 100, in one file)

ENDF Format
ENDL Format
EADL
EADL
EEDL
EEDL
EPDL
EPDL

Individual Elements (EACH Element: Z=1 to 100, in a separate file)

ENDF Format
ENDL Format
EADL
EADL
EEDL
EEDL
EPDL
EPDL

Website Designed by

Dermott E. Cullen

Website: http://RedCullen1.net/HOMEPAGE.NEW/index.htm

E.Mail: RedCullen1@comcast.net

Cell: 925-321-4177