CASINO: A new Monte Carlo code in C language for electron beam interaction - Part I: Description of the program

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Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Hovington, Pierre ^a   Drouin, Dominique ^a   Gauvin, Raynald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backscattered electrons; Experimental stopping power; Image simulation; Line profiles; Low energy scanning electron microscope; Monte Carlo simulation; Mott elastic cross section; X rays (pz) computation

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SILICATE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 0031396387     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950190101     Document Type: Article

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