The formation of ionisation clusters by α particles in 'nanometric' volumes of nitrogen: Experiment and calculation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 331-335

  Grosswendt, B ^a   Pszona, S ^b   Cherubini, R ^c   Goodhead, D T ^c   Menzel, H G ^c   Ottolenghi, A ^c  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ION;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEVICE; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036023806     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006795     Document Type: Article

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