Assessment of the prompt radiation hazards of trapped antiprotons

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 747-755

  Cossairt, J Donald ^a   Mokhov, Nikolai V ^a  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Monte Carlo; Photons; Shielding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD;

AIR; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0038103480     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200306000-00007     Document Type: Article

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