Response of radiochromic dye films to low energy heavy charged particles

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 317-322

  Buenfil, A E ^a   Ruiz Trejo, C ^a   Gamboa DeBuen, I ^a   Aviles P ^a   Avila, O ^b   Olvera, C ^a   Robledo, R ^a   Rodriguez Ponce M ^a   Mercado Uribe, H ^c   Rodriguez Villafuerte M ^a   Brandan, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Low energy heavy charged particles; Radiochromic dye films; White light scanner

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; DENSITY (OPTICAL); PROTONS; SCANNING; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

RADIOCHROMIC DYE FILMS (RCF);

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 0036897438     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01488-X     Document Type: Article

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