Nuclear reactions induced by deuterons and their applicability to skin tumor treatment through BNCT

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 266, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4903-4910

  Burlon, A A ^a,b   Roldán, T del V ^a,c   Kreiner, A J ^a,b,d   Minsky, D M ^a,b   Valda, A A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CATAMARCA   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

9Be(d,n)10B reactions; Accelerator based BNCT; D(d,n)3He; Monte Carlo simulations; Refractory lithium compounds; Skin tumor treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATOMS; BERYLLIUM; DECISION MAKING; DEUTERIUM; HELIUM; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MODERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; REFRACTORY METALS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SKIN; TARGETS;

9BE(D,N)10B REACTIONS; ACCELERATOR-BASED BNCT; D(D,N)3HE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; REFRACTORY LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SKIN TUMOR TREATMENT;

TUMORS;

EID: 54549089753     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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