Average depths of electron penetration: use as characteristic depths of exposure

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 626-631

  Lazurik, Valentin ^a   Tabata, Tatsuo ^a   Moskvin, V ^a  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

CHARGE DEPOSITION; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON PENETRATION; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODEL; SLAB;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 0032094999     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.682461     Document Type: Article

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