Photoelectric cross-sections derived from measured total attenuation coefficient of photons near absorption edges of heavier atoms

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 785-788

  Roy, B ^a   Chatterjee, B K ^a   Roy, S C ^a   Bhattacharya, Nanak ^b   Choudhury, N ^b  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATTENUATION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOELECTRICITY;

COHERENT SCATTERING CROSS SECTIONS; PHOTOELECTRIC CROSS SECTIONS;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0031172305     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00321-1     Document Type: Article

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