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12201061

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Probability distributions of the size of ion clusters created in "nanometric" volumes of nitrogen by single alpha-particles of a gold-plated 241Am source, were measured and compared with those calculated by Monte Carlo methods in the same geometry. The diameter of the sensitive volumes had a mass per area of between 0.015 microgram/cm2 and 1.3 micrograms/cm2 which, for a material at unit density, corresponds to a nanometric target volume 0.15-13 nm in diameter. These nanometre sizes were simulated experimentally in a device called the Jet Counter. This consists of a pulse-operated valve which injects into an interaction chamber an expansion jet of molecular nitrogen gas, which is crossed by a narrow beam of alpha-particles. The resulting ions are counted and analyzed from the point of view of ionization cluster formation. The measured or calculated cluster size probabilities prove that the formation of ionization clusters along a "nanometre" track is governed by Poisson's law only in the case of very small target volumes, due to the contributions by secondary electrons. The present ionization cluster probabilities produced in "nanometric" volumes 0.15-13 nm in diameter, are the first ever determined experimentally and confirmed by Monte Carlo simulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0301-634X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-102
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The track structure of alpha-particles from the point of view of ionization-cluster formation in "nanometric" volumes of nitrogen.
pubmed:affiliation
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany. Bernd.Grosswendt@PTB.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't