Comparison of a tissue equivalent and a silicon equivalent proportional counter microdosimeter to high-energy proton and neutron fields

被引：7
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作者：
Gersey, B. [1 ]
Aghara, S. [1 ]
Wilkins, R. [1 ]
Wedeking, J. [1 ]
Dwivedi, R. C. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Prairie View A&M Univ, NASA, Ctr Appl Radiat Res, Prairie View, TX 77446 USA
来源：
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE | 2007年 / 54卷 / 06期
关键词：
high-energy neutron; microdosimetry; radiation detectors; silicon microdosimetry;
D O I：
10.1109/TNS.2007.910295
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
A tissue equivalent and a silicon equivalent proportional counter microdosimeter were exposed to eight progressively hardened neutron energy spectra at the LANSCE ICE House facility and to 70 MeV protons. Selected dosimetric results are compared.
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页码：2276 / 2281
页数：6
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