Comparisons of calculations with PARTRAC and NOREC: Transport of electrons in liquid water

Radiation Research

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-594

  Dingfelder, M ^a   Ritchie, R H ^b   Turner, J E ^b   Friedland, W ^c   Paretzke, H G ^c   Hamm, R N ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Radiation Protection ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; LIQUID CULTURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; IONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 43449111217     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1099.1     Document Type: Article

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