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An investigation was made of the dependences of the integrated and spectral characteristics of bremsstrahlung, generated by beta electrons from90Sr+90Y and emerging in the forward direction from two-layer Au−Al and Al−Au targets, on the geometry of these structures. A program was investigated for modeling the transmission of electrons and gamma photons through the material. This was developed using a Monte Carlo method and was implemented in accordance with a “catastrophic” collisions scheme. Conclusions are drawn concerning the possibility of utilizing two-layer targets for generating bremsstrahlung having specific energy characteristics.
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Ul'yanovsk State University. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 126–129, February, 1999.
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Kostin, D.V., Shipatov, É.T. Generation of bremsstrahlung with a continuous spectrum by electrons in two-layer targets. At Energy 86, 132–135 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673534
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673534