Monte-Carlo simulation of ion track structure in water: Ionization clusters and biological effectiveness

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

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 533-540

  Champion, C ^a   L'Hoir, A ^a   Politis, M F ^a   Chetioui, A ^a   Fayard, B ^a   Touati, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cell inactivation; Clusters of ionization; Heavy ions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; HEAVY IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CELL INACTIVATION; ION TRACK STRUCTURE; IONIZATION CLUSTERS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY;

IONIZATION;

EID: 0032477004     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00438-8     Document Type: Article

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