Evaluation of highly ionizing components in high-energy nucleon radiation fields.
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.
Wilson
J W
JW
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23665.
Townsend
L W
LW
Khan
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D004735:Energy Transfer; D008433:Mathematics; D009678:Nuclear Energy; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*
D011868:Radioisotopes