Comparative performance tests of the FLUKA-RQMD system and EPAX 2 previsions vs. experimental data

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-220

  Porta, Alessandro ^a   Agosteo, Stefano ^a,b   Campi, Fabrizio ^a   Caresana, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON 41; BERYLLIUM; CARBON; CHLORINE 38; CHROMIUM 48; CHROMIUM 49; CHROMIUM 51; COBALT 55; COBALT 56; COBALT 57; COBALT 58; COBALT 61; HELIUM; IRON 52; MAGNESIUM 28; MANGANESE 54; MANGANESE 56; NICKEL 57; POTASSIUM 42; POTASSIUM 43; RADIOISOTOPE; SCANDIUM 43; SCANDIUM 44; SCANDIUM 46; SCANDIUM 47; SCANDIUM 48; SILICONE; SODIUM 22; SODIUM 24; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON RADIATION; PREDICTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; HEAVY IONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 33846091068     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl031     Document Type: Article

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