e+e- Pair production from 10 GeV to 10 ZeV

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 696-711

  Klein, Spencer R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROBES; TARGETS;

HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDERS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PAIR PRODUCTION;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTON; RADIATION PHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 33144473655     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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