Application of the geant4 PIXE implementation for space mISSIons New models for PIXE simulation with geant4

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2877-2884

  Weidenspointner, Georg ^a,b   Pia, Maria Grazia ^c   Zoglauer, Andreas ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geant4; Ionization; Monte carlo; PIXE

Indexed keywords

GEANT4; GENERAL ASPECTS; MONTE CARLO; NEW MODEL; PARTICLE INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PASSIVE SHIELDING; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; PIXE; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPACE MISSIONS; X-RAY DETECTOR;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 67649229622     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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