AT.max.electron.ranges.m: AT.max.electron.ranges.m

In libamtrack: Computational Routines for Proton and Ion Radiotherapy

Description

Returns the maximum electron range (track radius) in m for a given parametrization

Usage

AT.max.electron.ranges.m(E.MeV.u, material.no, er.model)

Arguments

E.MeV.u	kinetic energy for particles in the given field (array of size number.of.particles) (see also E.MeV.u).
material.no	material index (see also material.no).
er.model	electron-range model index (see also er.model).

Value

max.electron.range.m

electron range (track radius) in m (array of size number.of.particles)

See Also

View the C source code here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/libamtrack/browser/tags/0.6.3/src/AT_ElectronRange.c#L135

Examples

# Compute the electron range in PMMA for the Tabata parametrization between
# 0.3 keV and 30 MeV
AT.max.electron.ranges.m( E.MeV.u     = 0.3 * 10^(-4:2),
                          material.no = 4,
                          er.model    = 7)

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