Giant dipole resonance neutron yields produced by electrons as a function of target material and thickness

Health Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-214

  Mao, Xiaotian ^a   Kase, Kenneth R ^a   Nelson, Walter R ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

computer calculations; dosimetry, external; neutron dosimetry; nuclear workers

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; LEAD; TANTALUM;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DIPOLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030067139     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199602000-00008     Document Type: Article

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