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An improved Green's function for ion beam transportIon beam transport theory allows testing of material transmission properties in the laboratory environment generated by particle accelerators. This is a necessary step in materials development and evaluation for space use. The approximations used in solving the Boltzmann transport equation for the space setting are often not sufficient for laboratory work and those issues are the main emphasis of the present work. In consequence, an analytic solution of the linear Boltzmann equation is pursued in the form of a Green's function allowing flexibility in application to a broad range of boundary value problems. It has been established that simple solutions can be found for high charge and energy (HZE) ions by ignoring nuclear energy downshifts and dispersion. Such solutions were found to be supported by experimental evidence with HZE ion beams when multiple scattering was added. Lacking from the prior solutions were range and energy straggling and energy downshift with dispersion associated with nuclear events. Recently, we have found global solutions including these effects providing a broader class of HZE ion solutions. c2004 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Document ID
20050193756
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Tweed, J.
(Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529-0077, United States)
Wilson, J. W.
Tripathi, R. K.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
Volume: 34
Issue: 6
Subject Category
Nuclear Physics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Center LaRC
NASA Discipline Radiation Health

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