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.
database
heavy-ion therapy
charge-changing
mass-changing
radiation protection in space
nuclear fragmentation
cross-sections
Author
F. Luoni
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Helmholtz
F. Horst
Helmholtz
C. A. Reidel
Helmholtz
A. Quarz
Helmholtz
L. Bagnale
Helmholtz
Lembit Sihver
Vienna University of Technology
University of Applied Sciences
Chalmers, Physics, Subatomic, High Energy and Plasma Physics
U. Weber
Helmholtz
R. B. Norman
NASA Langley Research Center
W. de Wet
University of New Hampshire
M. Giraudo
Thales Alenia Space Italia
G. Santin
Rhea Group
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
J. W. Norbury
NASA Langley Research Center
M. Durante
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Helmholtz
New Journal of Physics
1367-2630 (ISSN)
Vol. 23 10 101201Subject Categories
Subatomic Physics
Other Civil Engineering
Probability Theory and Statistics
DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/ac27e1