DOSIMETRY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON ELECTRON ENVIRONMENT OF HERMES .3. IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPERIMENTS AND MODELING

被引:7
作者
BEUTLER, DE [1 ]
HALBLEIB, JA [1 ]
SANFORD, TWL [1 ]
FEHL, DL [1 ]
KNOTT, DP [1 ]
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[1] TECH SUPPORT CORP,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87185
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10.1109/23.124170
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Measurements of energy deposition as a function of equilibrator thickness and position in the HERMES III radiation field are compared to ITS code predictions. These measurements demonstrate the combined photon/electron nature of the radiation field and the importance of the electron field in both measurements and calculations.
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页码:1736 / 1745
页数:10
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