Comparison of GEANT4 very low energy cross section models with experimental data in water

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4692-4708

  Incerti, S ^a   Ivanchenko, A ^a   Karamitros, M ^a   Mantero, A ^a   Moretto, P ^a   Tran, H N ^a   Mascialino, B ^b,k   Champion, C ^c   Ivanchenko, V N ^c   Bernal, M A ^d,l   Francis, Z ^e   Villagrasa, C ^e   Baldacchino, G ^f   Guye P ^g   Capra, R ^h   Nieminen, P ⁱ   Zacharatou, C ^j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^e INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^f CNRS UMR 3299   (France)

^g Hampton University   (United States)

^h ESA ESTEC ^*  (Italy)

ⁱ EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

GEANT4; GEANT4 DNA; microdosimetry; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DNA; IONIZING RADIATION; LIQUIDS; RADIATION EFFECTS; WATER VAPOR;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; GEANT4; GEANT4 DNAS; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; SIMULATION APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION; TOTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

HELIUM; PROTON; WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DAMAGE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DNA DAMAGE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONS; HELIUM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE; WATER;

EID: 77956322926     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3476457     Document Type: Article

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