Calculation of the Absorbed Dose and Dose Equivalent from Neutrons and Protons in the Energy Range from 3.5 GeV to 1.0 TeV
- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Health Physics
- Vol. 24 (3) , 277-286
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-197303000-00002
Abstract
Nucleon-meson cascade calculations have been carried out for monoenergetic neutrons and protons in the energy range from 3.5 GeV to 1.0 TeV normally incident on a semi-infinite slab of tissue 30 cm thick. The absorbed dose and dose equivalent as a function of tissue depth are presented, and analytic expressions for the resulting maximum and average fluence-to-absorbed-dose and fluence-to-dose-equivalent factors are given as a function of incident neutron or proton energy. The calculations were performed by using Monte Carlo methods in conjunction with theoretical nuclear-interaction models.Keywords
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