A METHOD FOR CALCULATING SECONDARY GAMMA RAY TRANSMISSION THROUGH SINGLE-MATERIAL SLABS,

Abstract

A method is presented for calculating gamma ray transmission data for any depth distribution of secondary gamma radiation in plane singlematerial slabs. The method utilizes a weighting scheme and appropriate monoenergetic secondary gamma ray transmission data. The weighting scheme is based on apolynomial description of secondary gamma ray source strength as a function of slab depth. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0469654

Entities

People

  • Alfred J. Budka

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Engineered Materials
  • Gamma Rays
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Materials
  • Metamaterial Absorbers
  • Metamaterials
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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