Measurements of the energy spectrum of degraded proton beams at NPTC

IEEE Radiation Effects Data Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 151-155

  Cascio, Ethan W ^a   Sisterson, Janet M ^a   Gottschalk, Bernard ^b   Sarkar, Surajit ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SPECTROMETERS;

DEGRADED PROTON BEAMS; ENERGY SPECTRUM; ENERGY SPREAD; RADIATION TEST BEAMS;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 17644415295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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