New directions in W-value studies

Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 105-135

  Suzuki, Isao H ^a,b  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZING RADIATION; IONS; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIATION SHIELDING;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHARGED PARTICLE SPECTROSCOPY; DETECTION TECHNIQUES; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NUMBER OF ELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION PROCESS; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 85054690467     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10389     Document Type: Chapter

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