| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1681924 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms | 2010 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
It is well-known from numerous experiments that nuclear multifragmentation is a dominating mechanism for production of intermediate mass fragments in nucleus–nucleus collisions at energies above 100AMeV. In this paper we investigate the validity and performance of the Fermi break-up model and the statistical multifragmentation model implemented as parts of the Geant4 toolkit. We study the impact of violent nuclear disintegration reactions on the depth-dose profiles and yields of secondary fragments for beams of light and medium-weight nuclei propagating in extended media. Implications for ion-beam cancer therapy and shielding from cosmic radiation are discussed.
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Authors
Igor Pshenichnov, Alexander Botvina, Igor Mishustin, Walter Greiner,