Methods to determine the fluorescence and Auger spectra due to decay of radionuclides or due to a single atomic-subshell ionization and comparisons with experiments

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1544-1554

  Stepanek, Jiri ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; AUGERS; FLUORESCENCE; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOISOTOPES;

AUGER ELECTRON; AUGER SPECTRUM; DETERMINISTIC METHODS; ELECTRON VACANCIES; ELECTRON-CAPTURE DECAY; INTERNAL CONVERSIONS; SUBSHELL IONIZATION;

ELECTRONS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CALCULATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033859260     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.599020     Document Type: Article

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