AT.energy.loss.from.lambda.landau: AT.energy.loss.from.lambda.landau

In libamtrack: Computational Routines for Proton and Ion Radiotherapy

Description

Computes the energy loss from the lambda parameter of the Landau distribution acc. to CERN W5013 No effective projectile charge is considered!

Usage

AT.energy.loss.from.lambda.landau(lambda.landau, E.MeV.u, particle.no,
 material.no, slab.thickness.um)

Arguments

lambda.landau	Landau lambda (array of size n).
E.MeV.u	energy of particle per nucleon (array of size n) (see also E.MeV.u).
particle.no	particle index (array of size n) (see also particle.no).
material.no	material index (see also material.no).
slab.thickness.um	slab thickness in um (array of size n).

Value

energy.loss.keV

(array of size n)

See Also

View the C source code here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/libamtrack/browser/tags/0.6.3/src/AT_EnergyLoss.c#L181

libamtrack documentation built on May 1, 2019, 6:47 p.m.