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The production of secondary electrons in an electron beam
Author(s) -
Werner Barry L.,
Das Indra J.,
Khan Faiz M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595977
Subject(s) - electron , stopping power , secondary electrons , range (aeronautics) , atomic physics , cathode ray , physics , nuclear physics , cutoff , beam (structure) , materials science , optics , detector , quantum mechanics , composite material
Convenient methods for calculating the ratio of restricted to unrestricted collision stopping power in water over a wide range of initial and cutoff energies, the rate of production of secondary electrons, and the primary electron dose distribution in an electron beam, are presented.