Comparison between calculation and measured data on secondary neutron energy spectra by heavy ion reactions from different thick targets

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 640-646

  Iwase, H ^a   Wiegel, B ^b   Fehrenbacher, G ^a   Schardt, D ^a   Nakamura, T ^c   Niita, K ^d   Radon, T ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY ION;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAVY ION RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION TRANSPORT; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAVY IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FISSION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 31544483327     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci200     Document Type: Article

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