DNA strand breaks induced by 0-4 eV electrons: The role of shape resonances

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Martin, Frédéric ^a   Burrow, Paul D ^b   Cai, Zhongli ^a   Cloutier, Pierre ^a   Hunting, Darel ^a   Sanche, Léon ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOCIATION; DNA; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE; SECONDARY EMISSION; SORPTION; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

DISSOCIATIVE ELECTRON ATTACHMENT (DEA); ELECTRON TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY (ETS); MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SINGLE STRAND BREAKS (SSB);

ELECTRON BEAMS;

EID: 69649108648     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.068101     Document Type: Article

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