FLUKA simulation of target fragmentation in proton therapy

A Embriaco, A Attili, EV Bellinzona, Y Dong, L Grzanka… - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
In proton therapy, secondary fragments are created in nuclear interactions of the beam with
the target nuclei. The secondary fragments have low kinetic energies and high atomic …

Design, simulation and performances study of the FOOT experiment

SM Valle - 2019 - air.unimi.it
Nuclear fragmentation processes induced by the interaction of hadrons and nuclei with
matter are of great interest not only in fundamental physics research but also in applied …

Development of tools for quality control on therapeutic carbon beams with a fast-MC code (FRED)

M De Simoni - 2021 - iris.uniroma1.it
In the fight against tumors, different types of cancer require different ways of treatment:
surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and immunotherapy often used in …

Expected performance of the FOOT experiment

G Silvestre - Nuovo Cim. C, 2020 - osti.gov
The main objective of the FOOT (FragmentatiOn of Target) experimentis to measure the
double differential cross-sections with respect to the kineticenergy and the angle of emission …