Analysis of low-energy electron track structure in liquid water

Radiation Research

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 591-596

  Wilson, W E ^a,b   Miller, J H ^a   Lynch, D J ^a   Lewis, R R ^a   Batdorf, M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WSU TC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; LIQUID; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

WATER;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 3042847387     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3179     Document Type: Article

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