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XCOM: Photon Cross Sections Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 8 (XGAM)
M.J. Berger,1 J.H. Hubbell,1 S.M. Seltzer,1
J. Chang,2 J.S. Coursey,2
R. Sukumar,2 and D.S. Zucker2
1National Institute of Standards and Technology, Physics
Laboratory, Ionizing Radiation Division
2NIST, Physics Laboratory, Office of Electronic Commerce in
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Abstract
A web database is provided which can be used to calculate photon cross sections
for scattering, photoelectric absorption and pair production, as well as total
attenuation coefficients, for any element, compound or mixture
(Z 100), at
energies from 1 keV to 100 GeV.
Contents
- Introduction
- Database for Elements
- Interpolation and Combination
- How to Run the XCOM Program
- References
This work was supported in part by the Department of Energy, Office of
Health and Environmental Research, Washington, DC 20585; National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Standard Reference
Data Program, and by NIST's Systems
Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) Program.
NIST Standard Reference Database 8
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Online: March 1998 Last Update: August 2005
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