A comparison of the measured responses of a tissue-equivalent proportional counter to high energy heavy (HZE) particles and those simulated using the Geant4 Monte Carlo code

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1498-1505

  Taddei, Phillip J ^a   Zhao, Zhongxiang ^b   Borak, Thomas B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Geant4; Heavy ions; HZE; Microdosimetry; TEPC; Tissue equivalent proportional counter

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ATOMS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRONS; HEAVY IONS; HELIUM; ION BEAMS; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PROPANE; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; SPHERES; TISSUE;

ATOMIC NUMBERS; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; GEANT4; GEANT4 TOOLKITS; HEAVY ION INTERACTIONS; HIGH ENERGIES; HZE; INCIDENT PARTICLES; LOW ENERGY ELEC-TRONS; MEASURED DATUMS; MICRODOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NEW GENERATIONS; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SIMULATED DATUMS; SPACE DOSIMETRIES; SPHERICAL CAVITIES; TEPC; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUMS; VACUUM CHAMBERS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 56949102737     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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