Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1830504 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In this work, we discuss the effect of cross-section data in the determination of nanodosimetric quantities, such as ionization cluster-size distributions and mean cluster sizes. In particular, two different theoretical approaches to determine secondary electron distributions after proton interactions in nitrogen and propane were tested by means of a Monte Carlo code. The results show that differences of 10–15% in the cross-section data lead to differences of up to 10–20% in the calculated mean cluster sizes, especially at low energies, suggesting the need for new, reliable and consistent experimental cross-section data.
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Authors
E. Gargioni, B. Grosswendt,