Theoretical aspects of energy-range relations, stopping power and energy straggling of protons

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1089-1107

  Ulmer, W ^a  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy range; Protons; Stopping power

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ENERGY-RANGE; LANGEVIN EQUATION; STOPPING POWER;

PROTONS;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BETHE BLOCH EQUATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; KERNEL METHOD; LANGEVIN EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34247496827     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2007.02.083     Document Type: Article

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