Dependence of self-absorption on thickness for thin and thick alpha-particle sources of UO2

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 548, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 432-438

  Vargas, M Jurado ^a   Timón, A Fernández ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha particle spectrometry; Ion interactions in matter; Monte Carlo methods; Self absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALPHA PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCATTERING;

ALPHA-PARTICLE SPECTROMETRY; ION INTERACTIONS IN MATTER; SELF ABSORPTION; SRIM;

URANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 23344451081     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.04.056     Document Type: Article

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