Calculation of depth-dose distribution of intermediate energy heavy-ion beams |
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Authors: | Qiang Li Zengquan Wei Wenjian Li |
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Institution: | Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences ,Lanzhou 730000 ,China |
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Abstract: | Based on the characteristics of the interactions between intermediate energy heavy-ion beam and target matter, a method to calculate the depth-dose distribution of heavy-ion beams with intermediate energy (10 -100 MeV/u) is presented. By comparing high energy beams where projectile fragmentation is overwhelm ing with lowenergies where energy straggling is the sole factor instead, a crescent energy spread with increasing depth and a simple fragmentation assumption were included for the depth-dose calculation of the intermediate energy beam. Rel ative depth-dose curves of carbon and oxygen ion beams with intermediate energie s were computed according to the method here. Comparisons between the calculated relative doses and measurements are shown. The calculated Bragg curves, especially the upstream and downstream Bragg peaks, agree with the measured data. Differences between the two results appear only around the peak regions because of th e limitations of the calculation and experimental conditions, but the calculated curves generally reproduce the measured data within the experimental errors. Th e reasons for the divergences were analyzed carefully and the magnitudes of the deviations are given. |
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Keywords: | intermediate energy heavy-ion beam depth-dose distribution energy st raggling primary beam attenuation projectile fragmentation |
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