title: Microdosimetric considerations of effects of heavy ions on microorganisms.
abstract: An estimation of dose around the trajectory of an ion has been made by use of Tabata and Ito's energy deposition algorithm for electrons which takes into account transmission coefficient. The result of the calculation, as well as Butts and Katz's dose, is successfully applied to the interpretation of inactivation cross sections of vegetative cells of E. coli Bs-1, and E. coli B/r and of B. subtilis spores for He, C and N ions.
authors.affiliation: RIKEN (Inst. Phys. Chem. Res.) Wako-shi, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yatagai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaneko
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004583:Electrons; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000528:radiation effects*; D020450:Heavy Ions; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D008954:Models, Biological; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000528:radiation effects