Monte Carlo improvement of dose uniformity in gamma irradiation processing using the GEANT4 code

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

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 391-398

  Kadri, O ^a   Gharbi, F ^a   Farah, K ^a  

^a Centre National des Sciences et Technologies Nucleaires Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Gamma processing; GEANT4; Uniformity improvement

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DOSIMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA PROCESSING; GEANT4; UNIFORMITY PROCESSING;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 25644437133     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.05.052     Document Type: Article

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