Ionization-cluster distributions of α-particles in nanometric volumes of propane: Measurement and calculation

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 235-256

  De Nardo, L ^a   Colautti, P ^b   Conte, V ^b   Baek, W Y ^c   Grosswendt, B ^c   Tornielli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPANE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GAS; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038490471     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-002-0171-6     Document Type: Article

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