Geant4 model for the stopping power of low energy negatively charged hadrons

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 578-584

  Chauvie, Stéphane ^a   Nieminen, Petteri ^b   Pia, Maria Grazia ^c  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ESA ESTEC   (Netherlands)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geant4; Monte Carlo; Simulation; Stopping power

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); QUANTUM THEORY;

ANTIPROTON; LOW ENERGY ELECTROMAGNETIC PACKAGE; NEGATIVELY CHARGED HADRONS; QUANTUM HARMONIC OSCILLATORS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 34250739315     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.896589     Document Type: Article

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