A combined molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation of the spatial distribution of energy deposition by proton beams in liquid water

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6475-6493

  Garcia Molina, Rafael ^a   Abril, Isabel ^b   Heredia Avalos, Santiago ^b   Kyriakou, Ioanna ^c   Emfietzoglou, Dimitris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG PEAKS; CHARGE STATE; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; DEPTH DOSE; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; ELECTRONIC STOPPING; ENERGETIC ION; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY LOSS; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; INCIDENT ENERGY; INTERACTION PHENOMENA; LIQUID WATER; MOMENTUM SPACES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; PROJECTILE CHARGE; SCATTERING PROCESS; SIMULATION CODE; STOPPING POWER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXCITED STATES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROJECTILES; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

LIQUIDS;

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 80053153421     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/19/019     Document Type: Article

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