Validation of K and L shell radiative transition probability calculations

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3650-3661

  Pia, Maria Grazia ^a   Saracco, Paolo ^a   Sudhakar, Manju ^a,b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Monte carlo; Pixe; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

DATA LIBRARY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HARTREE-FOCK APPROACH; L SHELL; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CODES; QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION; RADIATIVE TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY TRANSITIONS;

FLUORESCENCE; LIBRARIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 72349091371     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2033793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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