AB-BNCT beam shaping assembly based on 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction optimization

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1668-1671

  Minsky, D M ^a,b,c   Kreiner, A J ^a,b,c   Valda, A A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

7Li(p,n)7B reaction; Accelerator based BNCT; Beam shaping assembly

Indexed keywords

7LI(P ,N)7BE REACTION; 7LI(P,N)7B REACTION; ACCELERATOR BASED-BNCT; BEAM-SHAPING; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; PROTON ENERGY;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; PROTONS;

LITHIUM;

BORON; LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; BEAM SHAPING ASSEMBLY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REACTION OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 80055067858     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.02.047     Document Type: Article

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