Comparison between MCNP and PENELOPE for the simulation of X-ray spectra in electron microscopy in the keV range

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

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-325

  Roet, D ^a   Ceballos, C ^b   Van Espen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRO DE APLICACIONES TECNOLÓGICAS Y DESARROLLO NUCLEAR CEADEN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; MCNP; Monte Carlo simulation; PENELOPE; X rays

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAYS;

ENERGETIC ELECTRONS; MCNP; PENELOPE;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 33749334005     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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