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It is the aim of this chapter to introduce the fundamental properties and mechanisms governing the interaction of radiation and matter. This is to provide the basis for more detailed considerations in the following chapters. The important concept of “interaction cross section” is explained and discussed followed by the formalisms of collision processes, both with and without the action of an attracting field. This allows to derive expressions for the amount of energy transferred.
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Kiefer, J. (1990). Fundamentals of Radiation Attenuation in Matter. In: Biological Radiation Effects. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83769-2_2
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