A comparison of depth dependence of dose and linear energy transfer spectra in aluminum and polyethylene

Radiation Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Badhwar, Gautam D ^a   Cucinotta, Francis A ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0033997603     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2000)153[0001:ACODDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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