Electron stopping power in biological compounds for low and intermediate energies with the generalized oscillator strength (GOS) model

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 196-203

  Akar, Ayşegül ^a   Gümüş, Hasan ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bragg rule; Electron stopping power; Exchange correction; Generalized oscillator strength

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCULATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS; GENERALIZED OSCILLATOR STRENGTH (GOS) MODEL; INELASTIC DIFFERENTIAL CROSS-SECTION (IDCS); OPTICAL OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS (OOS);

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY; IONIZATION; MODEL; OSCILLATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 19344371372     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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