Predicting induced radioactivity at high-energy electron accelerators

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2000, Pages 827-834

  Fass, Albertó ^a   Silari, Marco ^b   Ulrici, Luisa ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron accelerator; Induced radioactivity; Monte Carlo calculations; Photonuclear reactions; Superconducting RF cavity

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044538398     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2000.10875006     Document Type: Article

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