3D computation of the shape of etched tracks in CR-39 for oblique particle incidence and comparison with experimental results

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 563-571

  Dorschel B ^a   Hermsdorf, D ^a   Reichelt, U ^a   Starke, S ^a   Wang, Y ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computation model; CR 39; Light ions; Track etch rate; Track shape

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ETCHING;

TRACK ETCH RATES;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0042235735     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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