An improved Green's function for ion beam transport

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1311-1318

  Tweed, J ^a   Wilson, J W ^b   Tripathi, R K ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

An improved Green's function; Boltzman transport equation; Ion beam transport; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HEALTH RISKS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SPACE RESEARCH;

BOLTZMAN TRANSPORT EQUATION; ION BEAM TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR EXCITATION ENERGY; RADIATION RISKS;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 5644299283     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.11.021     Document Type: Article

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