Trends in particle and nuclei identification techniques in nuclear physics experiments

A Badalà, M La Cognata, R Nania, M Osipenko… - La Rivista del Nuovo …, 2022 - Springer
Particle identification techniques are fundamental tools in nuclear physics experiments.
Discriminating particles or nuclei produced in nuclear interactions allows to better …

Measuring the impact of nuclear interaction in particle therapy and in radio protection in space: the FOOT experiment

G Battistoni, M Toppi, V Patera - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In Charged Particle Therapy (PT) proton or 12C beams are used to treat deep-seated solid
tumors exploiting the advantageous characteristics of charged particles energy deposition in …

Charge identification of nuclear fragments with the FOOT Time-Of-Flight system

AC Kraan, R Zarrella, A Alexandrov, B Alpat… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) is an applied nuclear physics experiment
conceived to conduct high-precision cross section measurements of nuclear fragmentation …

Inhomogeneity detection within a head-sized phantom using tracking of charged nuclear fragments in ion beam therapy

R Félix-Bautista, L Ghesquière-Diérickx… - Physics in Medicine …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The highly conformal carbon-ion radiotherapy is associated with an increased
sensitivity of the dose distributions to internal changes in the patient during the treatment …

Performance evaluation of the tof-wall detector of the foot experiment

M Morrocchi, N Belcari, S Bianucci… - … on Nuclear Science, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The correct quantification of the dose released in charged particle therapy treatments
requires the knowledge of the double differential fragmentation cross section of particles …

Calibration and performance assessment of the TOF-Wall detector of the FOOT experiment

AC Kraan, G Battistoni, N Belcari, MG Bisogni… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this contribution we discuss the calibration and performance of the TOF-Wall detector of
the Fragmentation-Of-Target (FOOT) experiment. A thin carbon target was irradiated with …

The fragmentation trigger of the FOOT experiment

L Galli, N Bartosik, MG Bisogni, M Bon, P Cerello… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
FOOT is a fixed target nuclear physics experiment in which O, C and He beams are shot on
H enriched targets to study the projectile fragmentations; the measured cross sections will …