Basic aspects of photon transport through matter with respect to track structure formation

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-161

  Grosswendt, B ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distance distribution; Liquid water; Photon interactions; Photon transport simulation; Secondary electron spectral distribution; Track structure analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTON; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032821258     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050151     Document Type: Article

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