Low-energy electron and positron transport in gases and soft-condensed systems of biological relevance

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-85

  White, R D ^a   Tattersall, W ^a   Boyle, G ^a   Robson, R E ^a   Dujko, S ^b   Petrovic, Z Lj ^b   Bankovic, A ^b   Brunger, M J ^c,d   Sullivan, J P ^e   Buckman, S J ^d,e   Garcia, G ^f  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross sections; Monte Carlo simulation; Positron transport; Radiation damage modeling; Swarm physics

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTIONS; ENERGY REGIONS; LIQUID STATE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; MICROSCOPIC PROCESS; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; SCATTERING PROCESS; THERMALIZATION;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; POSITRONS; RADIATION DAMAGE;

ELECTRONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BOLTZMANN EQUATION ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GAS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSITRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER VAPOR;

CROSS SECTIONS; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION; POSITRON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DAMAGE MODELING; SWARM PHYSICS;

ELECTRONS; GASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 84889084031     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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