An integral test of FLUKA nuclear models with 160 MeV proton beams in multi-layer Faraday cups

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4001-4011

  Rinaldi, I ^a,b   Ferrari, A ^c   Mairani, A ^b,d   Paganetti, H ^e   Parodi, K ^b   Sala, P ^d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC INTERACTIONS; BEAM INTERACTIONS; BRAGG PEAKS; CHARGE SHARING; COMPLEX PROCESSES; DIELECTRIC LAYER; DIFFERENT PROCESS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FARADAY CUPS; INTEGRAL TEST; MONTE CARLO; NUCLEAR MODEL; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PROTON THERAPY; SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSIONS; SECONDARY PARTICLES;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PROTON BEAMS; SECONDARY EMISSION;

PROTONS;

COPPER; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COPPER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; POLYETHYLENE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79960359094     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/13/016     Document Type: Article

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