Validation of Geant4 low energy physics models against electron energy deposition and backscattering data

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2001-2007

  Lechner, Anton ^a,b,c   Pia, Maria Grazia ^d   Sudhakar, Manju ^e  

^a IEEE

^b TU WIEN   (Austria)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^e INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Geant4; Low energy electrons; Validation

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS;

DO-MAINS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHYSICS; ELECTRON ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; GEANT4; GEANT4 TOOLKITS; INCIDENT ANGLES; LOW ENERGIES; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRONS; PHYSICS SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; VALIDATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 48349142863     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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