Ionization cluster size distribution for alpha particles: Experiment, modelling

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 28-31

  Pszona, S ^a   Bantsar, A ^a   Nikjoo, H ^b  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PROPANE; WATER; BIOPOLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GAS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE CULTURE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BIOPOLYMERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITROGEN; PROPANE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 34347397843     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl421     Document Type: Article

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