Calculated distance distributions of energy transfer events in irradiated liquid water

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5152539

Hamm, R N; Turner, J E; Wright, H A; Ritchie, R H

Histories from a Monte Carlo electron transport calculation in liquid water are analyzed to obtain the distance distribution functions, t(x) and T(x), of energy transfer events. These functions, which give the average energy transferred within a distance x from an arbitrary transfer event, are presented for irradiation by monoenergetic electrons of several energies between 500 eV and 1 MeV, for monoenergetic photons of 10, 50, and 200 keV energy and for 65 kVp and 200 kVp x rays and /sup 60/Co..gamma.. rays. The dose average lineal energy in spherical sites as a function of site radius is also presented for these same photon spectra.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5152539
• Report Number(s): CONF-800944-2; TRN: 80-015832
• Resource Relation: Conference: 7. symposium on microdosimetry, Oxford, UK, 8 Sep 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EV RANGE 100-1000
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KEV RANGE 10-100
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