Experimental double-differential cross sections and derived kerma factors for oxygen at incident neutron energies from reaction thresholds to 65 MeV

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3427-3447

  Benck, S ^a   Slypen, I ^a   Meulders, J P ^a   Corcalciuc, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; INCIDENCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ALPHA PARTICLES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEUTERIUM; FAST NEUTRONS; MATHEMATICS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; OXYGEN; PROTONS;

EID: 0031767555     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/12/003     Document Type: Article

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