The response of a spherical tissue-equivalent proportional counter to different heavy ions having similar velocities

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1227-1234

  Taddei, Phillip J ^a   Borak, Thomas B ^a   Guetersloh, Stephen B ^a   Gersey, Brad B ^a   Zeitlin, Cary ^b   Heilbronn, Lawrence ^b   Miller, Jack ^b   Murakami, Takeshi ^c   Iwata, Yoshiyuki ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; HEAVY IONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DETECTOR RESOLUTION; INCIDENT RADIATION; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER (TEPC);

TISSUE;

EID: 33751249920     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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