title: The fragmentation of 510 MeV/nucleon iron-56 in polyethylene. II. Comparisons between data and a model.
abstract: The results of a Monte Carlo model for calculating fragment fluences and LET spectra are compared to data taken with 600 MeV/nucleon iron ions incident on an accelerator beamline configured for irradiation of biological samples, with no target and with 2, 5 and 8 cm of polyethylene. The model uses a multi-generation nuclear fragmentation code, coupled with a formulation of ionization energy loss based on the Bethe-Bloch equation. In the region where the data are reliable and the experimental acceptance is well understood, many of the features of the experimental spectra are well replicated by the model. To obtain good agreement with the experimental data, the model must allow for at least two generations of fragment production in the target.
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zeitlin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heilbronn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schimmerling
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D008345:Manganese; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011095:Polyethylenes
chemical_list: D011095:Polyethylenes; D008345:Manganese; D007501:Iron