Prompt gamma ray diagnostics and enhanced hadron-therapy using neutron-free nuclear reactions

We propose a series of simulations about the potential use of Boron isotopes to trigger neutron-free (aneutronic) nuclear reactions in cancer cells through the interaction with an incoming energetic proton beam, thus resulting in the emission of characteristic prompt gamma radiation (429 keV, 718 ke...

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Main Authors: L. Giuffrida, D. Margarone, G. A. P. Cirrone, A. Picciotto, G. Cuttone, G. Korn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-10-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4965254

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