The fragmentation of 510 MeV/nucleon iron-56 in polyethylene. I. Fragment fluence spectra

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 655-665

  Zeitlin, C ^a   Miller, J ^a   Heilbronn, L ^a   Frankel, K ^a   Gong, W ^a   Schimmerling, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Space Research Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION;

NASA CENTER HQS; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 45-10; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 99-99; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NASA PROGRAM LIFE SCIENCES MANAGEMENT; NASA PROGRAM RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IRON; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; POLYETHYLENES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SILICON;

EID: 0029927130     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579355     Document Type: Article

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