Limitations (and merits) of PENELOPE as a track-structure code

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 66-70

  Fernndez Varea, José M ^a   Gonzlez Muoz, Gloria ^b   Galassi, Mariel E ^c   Wiklund, Kristin ^d   Lind, Bengt K ^d   Ahnesjö, Anders ^b   Tilly, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Microdosimetry; Monte Carlo simulation; Radiation physics

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION; MICRODOSIMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION TRACK STRUCTURE;

ELASTICITY; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER;

EID: 84855376337     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2011.598209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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