Combination of electromagnetic physics processes for microdosimetry in liquid water with the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 273, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-97

  Ivanchenko, V N ^a,b,c   Incerti, S ^a,d   Francis, Z ^a,e   Tran, H N ^a,d   Karamitros, M ^a,d   Bernal, M A ^a,f   Champion, C ^a,d,g   Guye, P ^a,h  

^a Geant4 DNA Collaboration   (France)

^b Ecoanalytica   (Russian Federation)

^c Geant4 Associates International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^h HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interactions; Geant4; Geant4 DNA; Microdosimetry; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHYSICS; ELECTRON PROCESS; GEANT4; GEANT4 TOOLKITS; LIGHT-ION BEAMS; LIQUID WATER; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LIQUIDS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84856097049     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.07.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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