title: Evaluation of highly ionizing components in high-energy nucleon radiation fields.
abstract: The data and models for nuclear fragment recoil distributions produced by high-energy nuclear events in tissue are reviewed. Results for linear energy transfer distributions in soft tissue are derived, and a simple model is developed for use in radiation studies and risk estimates.
authors.affiliation: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23665.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D004735:Energy Transfer; D008433:Mathematics; D009678:Nuclear Energy; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes