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 …

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 …

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 …

Angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections of a beam on a graphite target with the FOOT experiment

R Ridolfi, M Toppi, A Mengarelli, M Dondi… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper presents the measurements of the angular differential cross sections for the
forward production of He, Li, Be, B, C and N nuclei in the fragmentation process of a …

Fragment charge identification technique with a plastic scintillator detector using clinical carbon beams

L Galli, AC Kraan, E Ciarrocchi, G Battistoni… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nuclear physics processes are an important source of uncertainty in dose calculations in
particle therapy and radioprotection in space. Accurate cross section measurements are a …

Performance of the ToF detectors in the FOOT experiment

G Traini, A Alexandrov, B Alpat, G Ambrosi, S Argiro… - FATA 2019, 2019 - hal.science
The FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) experiment aims to deter-mine the fragmentation cross-
sections of nuclei of interest for particle therapy and radioprotection in space. The apparatus …

Charge identification performance of a ΔE-TOF detector prototype for the FOOT experiment

AC Kraan, G Battistoni, N Belcari, N Camarlinghi… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract FOOT (FragmentatiOn On Target) is an applied nuclear physics experiment aimed
at measuring the production cross sections of fragments for energies, beams and targets …

Analysis of fragmentation cross sections of gsi 2021 data for the foot experiment

G Ubaldi - 2022 - amslaurea.unibo.it
Hadrontherapy is a medical treatment based on the use of charged particles beams
accelerated towards deep-seated tumors on clinical patients. The reason why it is …