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Title: Geant4 Physics

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Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
903312
Report Number(s):
SLAC-REPRINT-2006-222
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-018X; TANSAO; TRN: US0703219
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Trans.Amer.Nucl.Soc.95:758-759,2006; Journal Volume: 95
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; G CODES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; Other,OTHER

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Wright, D.H., and /SLAC. Geant4 Physics. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
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title = {Geant4 Physics},
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journal = {Trans.Amer.Nucl.Soc.95:758-759,2006},
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volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Mon May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
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