Spectrometry of linear energy transfer with track-etched detectors in carbon ion beams, MONO and SOBP

0360505 - ÚJF 2012 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Pachnerová Brabcová, Kateřina - Ambrožová, Iva - Spurný, František
Spectrometry of linear energy transfer with track-etched detectors in carbon ion beams, MONO and SOBP.
Radiation Protection Dosimetry. Roč. 143, 2-4 (2011), s. 440-444. ISSN 0144-8420. E-ISSN 1742-3406.
[International Symposium on Microdosimetry/15./. Verona, 25.10.2009-30.10.2009]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA205/09/0171; GA AV ČR IAA100480902
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10480505
Keywords : particles * HIMAC * track-etched detectors
Subject RIV: BG - Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Colliders
Impact factor: 0.822, year: 2011

Five various materials employed as track-etched detectors (TEDs) were exposed in beams of carbon ions with energy 290 MeV.u(-1) in the HIMAC-BIO facility in Japan. The exposures were performed behind various types of polymethyl methacrylate shielding. The beam had two possible set-ups-monoenergetic set-up and modulated spread-out Bragg peak set-up. All used TEDs are polyallyl diglycol carbonates (PADCs): Page from Mouldings (Pershore) Ltd, Tastrak from Track Analysis Systems Ltd, both from the UK; USF4 from American Technical Plastics from the USA and two products of Japan Fukuvi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd-TD1 and Baryotrak. Spectra of linear energy transfer and depth-dose distributions were obtained. Besides, differences among PADCs are discussed.
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