Total nuclear reaction cross-section database for radiation protection in space and heavy-ion therapy applications
Review article, 2021
Realistic nuclear reaction cross-section models are an essential ingredient of reliable heavy-ion transport codes. Such codes are used for risk evaluation of manned space exploration missions as well as for ion-beam therapy dose calculations and treatment planning. Therefore, in this study, a collection of total nuclear reaction cross-section data has been generated within a GSI-ESA-NASA collaboration. The database includes the experimentally measured total nucleus-nucleus reaction cross-sections. The Tripathi, Kox, Shen, Kox-Shen, and Hybrid-Kurotama models are systematically compared with the collected data. Details about the implementation of the models are given. Literature gaps are pointed out and considerations are made about which models fit best the existing data for the most relevant systems to radiation protection in space and heavy-ion therapy.
radiation protection in space
charge-changing
cross-sections
heavy-ion therapy
nuclear fragmentation
mass-changing
database
Author
F. Luoni
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Technische Universität Darmstadt
F. Horst
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
C. A. Reidel
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
A. Quarz
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
L. Bagnale
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Lembit Sihver
University of Applied Sciences
Chalmers, Physics, Subatomic, High Energy and Plasma Physics
Vienna University of Technology
U. Weber
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
R. B. Norman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
W. de Wet
University of New Hampshire
M. Giraudo
Thales Alenia Space Italia
G. Santin
European Space Agency (ESA)
Rhea Group
J. W. Norbury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
M. Durante
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
New Journal of Physics
1367-2630 (ISSN)
Vol. 23 10 101201Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Subatomic Physics
Other Civil Engineering
Probability Theory and Statistics
DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/ac27e1