Monitoring the Bragg peak location of 73 MeVu carbon ions by means of prompt γ -ray measurements

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Testa, E ^a,c   Bajard, M ^a   Chevallier, M ^a   Dauvergne, D ^a   Le Foulher, F ^a   Freud, N ^b   Ltang J M ^b   Poizat, J C ^a   Ray, C ^a   Testa, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON IONS; GAMMA EMISSIONS; HIGH COUNTING RATE; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; TIME-OF-FLIGHT TECHNIQUES;

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EID: 51349141711     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2975841     Document Type: Article

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