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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 4, 040401(2024)

Influence of backscattered electrons on exit beam of miniature transmission X-ray tube using Geant4

Lang DONG¹, Ming WANG^1,2、*, Tiantian SUN¹, Wei DAI¹, Lei ZHANG¹, Guodong LI¹, Qingxian ZHANG^1,2, Yi GU^1,2, and Guoqiang ZENG^1,2

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¹College of Nuclear Technology and Automation Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China

²Applied Nuclear Technology in Geosciences Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China

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Lang DONG, Ming WANG, Tiantian SUN, Wei DAI, Lei ZHANG, Guodong LI, Qingxian ZHANG, Yi GU, Guoqiang ZENG. Influence of backscattered electrons on exit beam of miniature transmission X-ray tube using Geant4[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(4): 040401

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Sep. 12, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: May. 28, 2024

The Author Email: WANG Ming (王明)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.040401

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