Carbon fragmentation measurements and validation of the GEANT4 nuclear reaction models for hadrontherapy
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- Autoren
- M De Napoli
- C Agodi
- G Battistoni
- AA Blancato
- GAP Cirrone
- G Cuttone
- F Giacoppo
- MC Morone
- D Nicolosi
- L Pandola
- V Patera
- G Raciti
- E Rapisarda
- F Romano
- D Sardina
- A Sarti
- A Sciubba
- V Scuderi
- C Sfienti
- S Tropea
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000310838700029&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- DOI
- 10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/7651
- eISSN
- 1361-6560
- Externe Identifier
- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: 033ZA
- PubMed Identifier: 23123643
- ISSN
- 0031-9155
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 22
- Zeitschrift
- PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
- Paginierung
- 7651 - 7671
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2012
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- Carbon fragmentation measurements and validation of the GEANT4 nuclear reaction models for hadrontherapy
- Sub types
- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 57
Datenquelle: Web of Science (Lite)
- Andere Metadatenquellen:
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- Autoren
- M De Napoli
- C Agodi
- G Battistoni
- AA Blancato
- GAP Cirrone
- G Cuttone
- F Giacoppo
- MC Morone
- D Nicolosi
- L Pandola
- V Patera
- G Raciti
- E Rapisarda
- F Romano
- D Sardina
- A Sarti
- A Sciubba
- V Scuderi
- C Sfienti
- S Tropea
- DOI
- 10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/7651
- eISSN
- 1361-6560
- ISSN
- 0031-9155
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 22
- Zeitschrift
- Physics in Medicine and Biology
- Online publication date
- 2012
- Paginierung
- 7651 - 7671
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2012
- Status
- Published
- Herausgeber
- IOP Publishing
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/7651
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2020
- Titel
- Carbon fragmentation measurements and validation of the Geant4 nuclear reaction models for hadrontherapy
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 57
Datenquelle: Crossref
- Abstract
- Nuclear fragmentation measurements are necessary when using heavy-ion beams in hadrontherapy to predict the effects of the ion nuclear interactions within the human body. Moreover, they are also fundamental to validate and improve the Monte Carlo codes for their use in planning tumor treatments. Nowadays, a very limited set of carbon fragmentation cross sections are being measured, and in particular, to our knowledge, no double-differential fragmentation cross sections at intermediate energies are available in the literature. In this work, we have measured the double-differential cross sections and the angular distributions of the secondary fragments produced in the (12)C fragmentation at 62 A MeV on a thin carbon target. The experimental data have been used to benchmark the prediction capability of the Geant4 Monte Carlo code at intermediate energies, where it was never tested before. In particular, we have compared the experimental data with the predictions of two Geant4 nuclear reaction models: the Binary Light Ions Cascade and the Quantum Molecular Dynamic. From the comparison, it has been observed that the Binary Light Ions Cascade approximates the angular distributions of the fragment production cross sections better than the Quantum Molecular Dynamic model. However, the discrepancies observed between the experimental data and the Monte Carlo simulations lead to the conclusion that the prediction capability of both models needs to be improved at intermediate energies.
- Addresses
- INFN-Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy. marzio.denapoli@ct.infn.it
- Autoren
- M De Napoli
- C Agodi
- G Battistoni
- AA Blancato
- GAP Cirrone
- G Cuttone
- F Giacoppo
- MC Morone
- D Nicolosi
- L Pandola
- V Patera
- G Raciti
- E Rapisarda
- F Romano
- D Sardina
- A Sarti
- A Sciubba
- V Scuderi
- C Sfienti
- S Tropea
- DOI
- 10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/7651
- eISSN
- 1361-6560
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Identifier: 23123643
- Open access
- false
- ISSN
- 0031-9155
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 22
- Zeitschrift
- Physics in medicine and biology
- Schlüsselwörter
- Humans
- Carbon
- Monte Carlo Method
- Heavy Ion Radiotherapy
- Sprache
- eng
- Medium
- Print-Electronic
- Online publication date
- 2012
- Paginierung
- 7651 - 7671
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2012
- Status
- Published
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2012
- Titel
- Carbon fragmentation measurements and validation of the Geant4 nuclear reaction models for hadrontherapy.
- Sub types
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Validation Study
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 57
Datenquelle: Europe PubMed Central
- Abstract
- Nuclear fragmentation measurements are necessary when using heavy-ion beams in hadrontherapy to predict the effects of the ion nuclear interactions within the human body. Moreover, they are also fundamental to validate and improve the Monte Carlo codes for their use in planning tumor treatments. Nowadays, a very limited set of carbon fragmentation cross sections are being measured, and in particular, to our knowledge, no double-differential fragmentation cross sections at intermediate energies are available in the literature. In this work, we have measured the double-differential cross sections and the angular distributions of the secondary fragments produced in the (12)C fragmentation at 62 A MeV on a thin carbon target. The experimental data have been used to benchmark the prediction capability of the Geant4 Monte Carlo code at intermediate energies, where it was never tested before. In particular, we have compared the experimental data with the predictions of two Geant4 nuclear reaction models: the Binary Light Ions Cascade and the Quantum Molecular Dynamic. From the comparison, it has been observed that the Binary Light Ions Cascade approximates the angular distributions of the fragment production cross sections better than the Quantum Molecular Dynamic model. However, the discrepancies observed between the experimental data and the Monte Carlo simulations lead to the conclusion that the prediction capability of both models needs to be improved at intermediate energies.
- Autoren
- M De Napoli
- C Agodi
- G Battistoni
- AA Blancato
- GAP Cirrone
- G Cuttone
- F Giacoppo
- MC Morone
- D Nicolosi
- L Pandola
- V Patera
- G Raciti
- E Rapisarda
- F Romano
- D Sardina
- A Sarti
- A Sciubba
- V Scuderi
- C Sfienti
- S Tropea
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23123643
- DOI
- 10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/7651
- eISSN
- 1361-6560
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 22
- Zeitschrift
- Phys Med Biol
- Schlüsselwörter
- Carbon
- Heavy Ion Radiotherapy
- Humans
- Monte Carlo Method
- Sprache
- eng
- Country
- England
- Paginierung
- 7651 - 7671
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2012
- Status
- Published
- Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
- 2013
- Titel
- Carbon fragmentation measurements and validation of the Geant4 nuclear reaction models for hadrontherapy.
- Sub types
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Validation Study
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 57
Datenquelle: PubMed
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