Attenuation curves in concrete of neutrons from 100 to 400 MeV per nucleon He, C, Ne, Ar, Fe and Xe ions on various targets

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

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-236

  Agosteo, S ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   Silari, M ^c   Zajacova, Z ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attenuation length; Ion accelerator; Monte Carlo; Neutron; Shielding; Source term

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR SHIELDING; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; HEAVY IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTONS; TARGETS;

ATTENUATION LENGTH; ION ACCELERATORS; SOURCE TERMS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 1342265787     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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