Measurement of multiple scattering of 13 and 20 MeV electrons by thin foils

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4121-4131

  Ross, C K ^a   McEwen, M R ^a   McDonald, A F ^a,c   Cojocaru, C D ^a   Faddegon, B A ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron scattering; Multiple scattering; Scattering power

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MULTIPLE SCATTERING;

ADDITIONAL DATUM; ANGULAR POSITIONS; CALCULATED VALUES; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS; ELECTRON FLUENCES; MEASURED VALUES; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA;

ELECTRONS;

HELIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FOIL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 50449110036     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2968095     Document Type: Article

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