Production of a fluorescence probe in ion-beam radiolysis of aqueous coumarin-3-carboxylic acid solution-2: Effects of nuclear fragmentation and its simulation with PHITS

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1352-1357

  Maeyama, Takuya ^a   Yamashita, Shinichi ^b   Taguchi, Mitsumasa ^b   Baldacchino, Gérard ^c   Sihver, Lembit ^d,e,f,g   Murakami, Takeshi ^h   Katsumura, Yosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c DIF   (France)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

^e Texas A and M University   (United States)

^f ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^g CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

OH yield; Bragg Peak; Coumarin 3 carboxylic acid; LET; Nuclear fragmentation; PHITS

Indexed keywords

BRAGG PEAK; COUMARIN-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID; LET; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION; OH YIELDS; PHITS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; QUARTZ; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLOGY;

FLUORESCENCE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY YIELD; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEAVY ION RADIATION; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLYSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 80052966226     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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