title: Electron beam transport in the presence of a strong, axial magnetic field.
abstract: An analytical model is presented that describes the effects of an applied longitudinal magnetic field and energy loss on the transport of relativistic electrons in a medium. By using a modified Fermi equation we derive analytical solutions for the distribution function of electrons. The obtained results can be used to predict the influence of longitudinal magnetic fields on the lateral spread of electrons in both coordinate space and velocity space.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Oncology Service, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA. vadimkuperman@yahoo.com
authors.forename: V Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Kuperman
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004579:Electron Transport; D004583:Electrons; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method