Doppler broadening and its contribution to compton energy-absorption cross sections: An analysis of the Compton component in terms of mass-energy absorption coefficient

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 769-818

  Rao, D V ^a   Takeda, T ^a   Itai, Y ^a   Akatsuka, T ^b   Cesareo, R ^c   Brunetti, A ^c   Gigante, G E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compton energy absorption cross section; Doppler broadening; Mass energy absorption coefficient; Momentum resolution and biological elements

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; GAMMA RAYS; MOMENTUM; PHOTONS;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; COMPTON BROADENING; MASS ENERGY ABSORPTION; MOMENTUM RESOLUTIONS; RELATIVISTIC IMPULSE APPROXIMATION; SCATTERED PHOTONS; SCATTERING ANGLES; SCATTERING EVENTS;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

EID: 0036026016     PISSN: 00472689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1481880     Document Type: Article

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