Dosimetry in radiation fields around high-energy proton accelerators

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 1024-1032

  Agosteo, S ^a,b   Rollet, S ^c   Silari, M ^d   Theis, C ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bubble detector; Calibration; Dosimetry; Ionization chamber; Monte Carlo; Proton accelerator; Silicon microdosimeter; Tissue equivalent proportional counter

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARGON; CHARGED PARTICLES; COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DETECTORS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HYDROGEN; INERT GASES; MEASUREMENTS; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTONS; RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON;

(ALGORITHMIC) COMPLEXITY; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT; AREA MONITORING; COMPLEX SERIES; EFFECTIVE DOSE (ED); ELSEVIER (CO); HIGH ENERGIES; HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS; HIGH SENSITIVITY (HS); LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (LHHC); MIXED RADIATION; MONTE CARLO PREDICTIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); NEUTRON ENERGIES; OPERATION RANGE; PULSED FIELDS; RADIATION FIELDS; RADIATION MONITORING SYSTEMS; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SILICON-BASED; STRAY RADIATION; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER (TEPC);

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 44949205489     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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