X-Ray Dose Enhancement, II.

Abstract

A discussion of x-ray dose enhancement at material interfaces is presented including definition, problem identification and worst-case estimation, prediction techniques, and analysis of dose enhancement characteristics. Empirical, analytical, and Monte Carlo prediction techniques are discussed. Dose enhancement calculations for various interface configurations, continuous x-ray sources, and thin high-Z layers are presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA063954

Entities

People

  • W. L. Chadsey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Auger Electrons
  • Electron Emission
  • Electron Energy
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Navy
  • Photoelectric Emission
  • Photoelectrons
  • Photoexcitation
  • Physics
  • X Ray Spectra
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.