Calculation of photoneutrons produced in the targets of electron linear accelerators for radiography and radiotherapy applications

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

Volumn 229, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 339-347

  Huang, W L ^a   Li, Q F ^a   Lin, Y Z ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerator target; FLUKA code; Neutron energy spectrum; Photoneutron

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TARGETS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATOR TARGETS; FLUKA CODES; NEUTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; PHOTONEUTRONS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 14544275903     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.12.117     Document Type: Article

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