A Monte Carlo code for positive ion track simulation

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-104

  Wilson, W E ^a   Nikjoo, Hooshang ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MRC Radiation/Genome Stability Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENTHALPY; IONIZATION; LIQUID; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; WATER VAPOR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 0032808842     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050144     Document Type: Article

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