CALCULATION OF BETA-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS THROUGH THIN FOILS

Authors
LEGARDA F IDOETA R
Citation
F. Legarda et R. Idoeta, CALCULATION OF BETA-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS THROUGH THIN FOILS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 103(4), 1995, pp. 429-434
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
103
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
429 - 434
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1995)103:4<429:COBACT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Through the use of the P-1 approximation to the linear transport equat ion and assuming that electrons only undergo elastic interactions with atoms, the fraction of transmitted beta-rays through foils is calcula ted arriving at the well-known exponential dependence with foil thickn ess. The resulting attenuation coefficients are in good agreement with experimental values.