The track structures of ionizing particles and their application to radiation biophysics: I. A new analytical method for investigating two biophysical models

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-184

  Briden, P E ^a,c   Holt, P D ^a   Simmons, J A ^b  

^a Harwell Lab   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Tessella Support Services ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha particle; Bacillus subtilis; Biophysical modeling; Deuteron; DNA density; Monte Carlo calculations; Proton; Radiation quality influence

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOPHYSICS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0032848098     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050153     Document Type: Article

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