title: The local skin dose conversion coefficients of electrons, protons and alpha particles calculated using the Geant4 code.
abstract: The skin tissue-equivalent slab reported in the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Publication 116 to calculate the localised skin dose conversion coefficients (LSDCCs) was adopted into the Monte Carlo transport code Geant4. The Geant4 code was then utilised for computation of LSDCCs due to a circular parallel beam of monoenergetic electrons, protons and alpha particles <10 MeV. The computed LSDCCs for both electrons and alpha particles are found to be in good agreement with the results using the MCNPX code of ICRP 116 data. The present work thus validates the LSDCC values for both electrons and alpha particles using the Geant4 code.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
authors.forename: Bintuan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bingrong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: Zhuanzi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Wenjian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000512:Alpha Particles; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004583:Electrons; D004817:Epidermis / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011522:Protons; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013269:Stochastic Processes
chemical_list: D011522:Protons