Water radiolysis with heavy ions of energies up to 28 GeV-2: Extension of primary yield measurements to very high LET values

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 10-12, 2008, Pages 1224-1229

  Yamashita, Shinichi ^a   Katsumura, Yosuke ^a,b   Lin, Mingzhang ^b   Muroya, Yusa ^a   Maeyama, Takuya ^a   Murakami, Takeshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Zeff )2; Heavy ion beam; Linear energy transfer (LET); Primary yield (g value); Track segment yield; Water radiolysis

Indexed keywords

RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS;

HEAVY-ION BEAM; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER (LET); PRIMARY YIELD (G-VALUE); TRACK SEGMENT YIELD; WATER RADIOLYSIS;

HEAVY WATER;

AGAROSE; ARGON; CARBON; FORMATE SODIUM; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEAVY ION; HELIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; NEON; PARAQUAT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 51249104888     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2008.05.037     Document Type: Article

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