AT.momentum.MeV.c.u.from.E.MeV.u: AT.momentum.MeV.c.u.from.E.MeV.u

In libamtrack: Computational Routines for Proton and Ion Radiotherapy

Description

Returns relativistic momenta per nucleon for particles with given kinetic energy

Usage

AT.momentum.MeV.c.u.from.E.MeV.u(E.MeV.u)

Arguments

E.MeV.u

kinetic energy per nucleon (array of size n) (see also E.MeV.u).

Value

momentum.MeV.c	momentum per nucleon (array of size n)
return	return

See Also

View the C source code here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/libamtrack/browser/trunk/src/AT_PhysicsRoutines.c#L285

Examples

# Relation between kinetic proton energy and momentum
# in relativistic and non-relativistic regime
E.MeV.u     <- 10^seq(-2, 5, length.out = 100)
df          <- data.frame( E.MeV          = E.MeV.u,
                           p.MeV.c        =
 AT.momentum.MeV.c.u.from.E.MeV.u(E.MeV.u)$momentum.MeV.c)

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