Physical and biophysical properties of proton tracks of energies 1 keV to 300 MeV in water

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-160

  Liamsuwan, Thiansin ^a   Uehara, Shuzo ^b   Emfietzoglou, Dimitris ^c   Nikjoo, Hooshang ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

cross sections; microdosimetry; Monte Carlo simulation; proton; track structure

Indexed keywords

PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICRODOSIMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; SURFACE CHARGE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 79551653336     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2010.518204     Document Type: Article

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