Simulation of nuclear decay

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 419-425

  Laedermann, Jean Pascal ^a   Deécombaz, Marc ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coincidence summing; Markov process; Monte Carlo simulation; Nuclear decay scheme; Particle stack

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES;

NUCLEAR DECAYS; PARTICLE STACK;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0343484904     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00189-X     Document Type: Article

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