Effective source size, yield and beam profile from multi-layered bremsstrahlung targets

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1353-1379

  Svensson, Roger ^a   Brahme, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029946587     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/8/008     Document Type: Article

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