Monte carlo simulation for the realization of a primary standard for the absorbed dose to water for electron beams;Simulation Monte Carlo pour la réalisation d'un étalon primaire de la dose absorbée dans l'eau pour des faisceaux d'électrons

Radioprotection

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-575

  Voros S ^a   Stucki, G ^a  

^a Institut Fédéral de Métrologie METAS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

absorbed dose; electron beam; Fricke dosimeter; Monte Carlo simulation; primary standard

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ELECTRONS ENERGY; FRICKE DOSIMETERS; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; INCIDENT BEAM ENERGY; MONOENERGETIC ELECTRON BEAMS; PRIMARY STANDARDS; SECONDARY STANDARD;

DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON BEAMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 65249110519     PISSN: 00338451     EISSN: 1769700X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/radiopro:2007044     Document Type: Article

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