Validation of geant4 X-ray fluorescence transitions - validation of geant4 electromagnetic models against calorimetry measurements in the energy range up to 1 MeV

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2869-2876

  Lechner, Anton ^a,b   Mantero, Alfonso ^c,d   Pia, Maria Grazia ^c   Sudhakar, Manju ^e  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^d Int ForeIgn Language High School   (Italy)

^e INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Geant4; Monte carlo; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROCESS; ENERGY DEPOSITS; ENERGY RANGES; EXCITED ATOMS; FLUORESCENCE TRANSITIONS; GEANT4; GEANT4 SIMULATION TOOLKIT; LOW ENERGIES; LOW-ENERGY RANGE; MONTE CARLO; SIMULATION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETERS; FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 67649159273     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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