Geant4 atomic relaxation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 585-593

  Guatelli, Susanna ^a   Mantero, Alfonso ^a   Mascialino, Barbara ^a   Nieminen, Petteri ^b   Pia, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auger electron; Geant4; Monte Carlo; Simulation; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; X RAYS;

ATOMIC NUMBER; ATOMIC RELAXATION; AUGER EMISSION; LOW ENERGY ELECTROMAGNETIC PACKAGE;

RELAXATION PROCESSES;

EID: 34250740798     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.896214     Document Type: Article

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