Energy loss measurements of 27 MeV protons irradiating water-equivalent materials

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Torrisi, L ^b   Cuttone, G ^a   Rovelli, A ^a   Bellia, G ^a   Barone Tonghi, L ^a   Raffaele, L ^c   Licandro, M ^c  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c Sezione di Messina   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TARGETS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TISSUE;

CLINICAL PROTON BEAM DOSIMETRY; MARKUS IONIZATION CHAMBER; TANDEM ACCELERATORS;

ION BOMBARDMENT;

EID: 0031190265     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(97)00210-3     Document Type: Article

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