Use of GafChromic film to diagnose laser generated proton beams

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Hey, D S ^a   Key, M H ^a   MacKinnon, A J ^a   MacPhee, A G ^a   Patel, P K ^a   Freeman, R R ^b   Van Woerkom, L D ^b   Castaneda, C M ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GAFCHROMIC FILM; SCANNING MICRODENSITOMETER;

PROTON BEAMS;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CYCLOTRON; LASER; X RAY FILM;

CALIBRATION; CYCLOTRONS; LASERS; PROTONS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 44649159977     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2901603     Document Type: Article

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