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As Monte Carlo is a statistical method, the accuracy of its results depends on the number of simulated electron trajectories and on the pseudo-random number generator used to perform the simulations.
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Dapor, M. (2017). Random Numbers. In: Transport of Energetic Electrons in Solids. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol 999. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47492-2_4
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