Ionization and excitation cross sections for the interaction of HZE particles in liquid water and application to Monte Carlo simulation of radiation tracks

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Plante, Ianik ^a,b   Cucinotta, Francis A ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONIZING RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOLYSIS;

CELLULAR STRUCTURES; CROSS SECTION MODELS; CROSS SECTIONS; EFFECTIVE CHARGES; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; ENERGY RANGES; EXCITATION CROSS SECTIONS; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; HZE PARTICLES; ION ACCELERATORS; LIQUID WATERS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT CODES; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIAL DOSE; RADIATION BIOLOGIES; RADIATION TRANSPORT CODES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RELATIVISTIC CORRECTIONS; RELATIVISTIC HEAVY IONS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SPACE RADIATIONS; STOPPING POWER; TRACK SEGMENTS; TRACK STRUCTURES; WATER MOLECULES;

IONS;

EID: 59249095640     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/125020     Document Type: Article

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