A dielectric response study of the electronic stopping power of liquid water for energetic protons and a new I-value for water

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3451-3472

  Emfietzoglou, D ^a   Garcia Molina, R ^b   Kyriakou, I ^a   Abril, I ^c   Nikjoo, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETHE FORMULA; CHARGE STATE; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; DISPERSION RELATIONS; ELECTRONIC STOPPING POWER; ENERGETIC PROTONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LIQUID WATER; LOCAL-FIELD EFFECTS; LOSS FUNCTIONS; LOW ENERGIES; MEAN EXCITATION ENERGY; MEV ENERGY; PROTON ENERGY; RANDOM-PHASE APPROXIMATION; SHELL CORRECTION; STOPPING POWER;

DISPERSIONS; LIQUIDS; PROTONS; RANDOM ERRORS;

IONIZATION;

PROTON; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERROR; EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTONS; RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 69249202668     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/11/012     Document Type: Article

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