Monte Carlo calculations of the behavior of 300 keV electrons from accelerators

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Kijima, Toshiyuki ^a   Nakase, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

DYNAMIC IRRADIATION; STATIC IRRADIATION;

ELECTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 0030105071     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4487(95)00294-4     Document Type: Article

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