Lineal energy as a function of site size for HZE radiation. Academic Article

abstract

• Monte Carlo calculations have been used to estimate the frequency and magnitude of energy deposition events produced by delta rays originating with high atomic number, high-energy, primary particles. The results show that the spectrum of delta rays incident on small targets is relatively insensitive to primary particle velocity or distance to the primary track. They suggest that measurements of energy deposition in different size sites can be used to characterise the velocity of the incident particle.

authors

• Braby, Leslie

published proceedings

• Radiat Prot Dosimetry

author list (cited authors)

• Wang, X., Liu, H., Xia, Z., & Braby, L. A.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Wang, X||Liu, H||Xia, Z||Braby, LA

publication date

• December 2006

publisher

• Oxford University Press (OUP)  Publisher

published in

• RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Computer Simulation
• Cosmic Radiation
• Humans
• Linear Energy Transfer
• Models, Biological
• Particle Size
• Radiation Dosage
• Radiometry
• Relative Biological Effectiveness
• Scattering, Radiation

PubMed Central ID

• 17251253

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1093/rpd/ncl482

start page

• 367

end page

• 368

volume

• 122

issue

• 1-4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncl482

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy