Alternative scattering power for Gaussian beam model of heavy charged particles

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

Volumn 266, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 5056-5062

  Kanematsu, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fermi Eyges theory; Ion beam therapy; Multiple scattering; Proton beam therapy; Single scattering

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTROLYSIS; FERMIONS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; HELIUM; INERT GASES; INSTRUMENT SCALES; ION BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ION BOMBARDMENT; IONS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; PROTONS;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; BEAM TRANSPORTS; CARBON IONS; FERMI-EYGES THEORY; HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES; HELIUM IONS; ION BEAM THERAPY; NEW FORMS; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; SCATTERING FORMULATIONS; SINGLE SCATTERING;

SCATTERING;

EID: 56049089348     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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