The FIRST experiment at GSI

Pleskač, R.; Abou-Haïdar, Z.; Agodi, C.; Álvarez, M. A. G.; Aumann, T.; Battistoni, G.; Bocci, A.; Böhlen, Till Tobias; Boudard, A.; Brunetti, Antonio; Carpinelli, M.; Cirrone, G.A.P.; Cortés-Giraldo, M.A.; Cuttone, G.; Napoli, M. De; Durante, Marco; Fernández‐García, J. P.; Finck, C.; Golosio, Bruno; Gallardo, M. I.; Iarocci, E.; Iazzi, F.; Ickert, G.; Introzzi, R.; Juliani, D.; Krimmer, J.; Kurz, N.; Labalme, M.; Leifels, Y.; Févre, A. Le; Leray, S.; Marchetto, F.; Monaco, V.; Morone, M. C.; Oliva, Piernicola; Paoloni, A.; Piersanti, L.; Quesada, J. M.; Raciti, G.; Randazzo, N.; Romano, F.; Rossi, D.; Rousseau, M.; Sacchi, R.; Sala, P.; Sarti, A.; Scheidenberger, C.; Schuy, Christoph; Sciubba, A.; Sfienti, C.; Simon, H.; Sipala, V.; Spiriti, E.; Stuttgé, L.; Tropea, S.; Younis, H.; Patera, V.

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“…[15], that has been designed and optimized using a dedicated MC simulation. The schematic view of the FIRST experimental setup is shown in Fig.…”

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“…The detector, described in detail in Ref. [15], consists of two walls of BC-408 plastic scintillator slats (110 cm long, 1 cm thick, 2.5 cm wide) divided into 12 modules of eight slats each.…”

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“…The principal aim of the Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy (FIRST) Collaboration is to perform DDCS measurements using fully stripped 12 C ions as projectiles on thin targets in the energy range not yet covered by other experiments [15]. This paper presents the fragmentation cross section of 400 MeV/nucleon 12 C ions impinging on a thin gold target: a valuable input for the benchmarking of the nuclear models used for the description of the high-Z targets fragmentation.…”

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Measurement of fragmentation cross sections ofC12ions on a thin gold target with the FIRST apparatus

Toppi¹,

Abou-Haïdar²,

Agodi³

et al. 2016

Phys. Rev. C

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A detailed knowledge of the light ions interaction processes with matter is of great interest in basic and applied physics. As an example, particle therapy and space radioprotection require highly accurate fragmentation cross-section measurements to develop shielding materials and estimate acute and late health risks for manned missions in space and for treatment planning in particle therapy. The Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy experiment at the Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion research (GSI) was designed and built by an international collaboration from France, Germany, Italy, and Spain for studying the collisions of a 12 C ion beam with thin targets. The collaboration's main purpose is to provide the double-differential cross-section measurement of carbon-ion fragmentation at energies that are relevant for both tumor therapy and space radiation protection applications. Fragmentation cross sections of light ions impinging on a wide range of thin targets are also essential to validate the nuclear models implemented in MC simulations that, in such an energy range, fail to reproduce the data with the required accuracy. This paper presents the single differential carbon-ion fragmentation cross sections on a thin gold target, measured as a function of the fragment angle and kinetic energy in the forward * Corresponding author: alessio.sarti@uniroma1.it 2469-9985/2016/93(6)/064601 (21) 064601-1 ©2016 American Physical Society M. TOPPI et al. PHYSICAL REVIEW C 93, 064601 (2016) angular region (θ 6 • ), aiming to provide useful data for the benchmarking of the simulation softwares used in light ions fragmentation applications. The 12 C ions used in the measurement were accelerated at the energy of 400 MeV/nucleon by the SIS (heavy ion synchrotron) GSI facility.

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“…[15], that has been designed and optimized using a dedicated MC simulation. The schematic view of the FIRST experimental setup is shown in Fig.…”

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Measurement of fragmentation cross sections ofC12ions on a thin gold target with the FIRST apparatus

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Agodi³

et al. 2016

Phys. Rev. C

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“…However, in order to precisely simulate the spatial dose distribution and the resulting biological effects in the human body, the physical models used in the Monte Carlo codes need to be tuned and validated by experimental fragmentation data. With the aim to measure fragmentation cross sections, some dedicated experiments have been already performed at relativistic energies [4]. Since at Fermi energies only a small amount of data are available in literature, we decided to fill this gap measuring an extensive set of fragmentation cross sections in this energy regime.…”

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“…Particularly, we studied both 12 C+ 12 C and 12 C+ 197 Au reactions at 62 A MeV. In the following, we focused on 4 He production cross sections by comparing the results obtained with the 12 C target, already published [5], with those obtained with the 197 Au target.…”

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Measurement of Fragment Production Cross Sections in the $^{12}$C+$^{12}$C and $^{12}$C+$^{197}$Au Reactions at 62 $A$ MeV for Hadrontherapy and Space Radiation Protection

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Napoli²,

Agodi³

et al. 2014

Acta Phys. Pol. B

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Over the last twenty years, there has been a renewed interest in nuclear fragmentation studies for both hadrontherapy applications and space radiation protection. In both fields, fragmentation cross sections are needed to predict the effects of the ions nuclear interactions within the patient's and the astronaut's body. Indeed, the Monte Carlo codes used in planning tumor treatments and space missions must be tuned and validated by experimental data. However, only a limited set of fragmentation cross sections are available in literature, especially at Fermi energies. Therefore, we have studied the production of secondary fragments in the 12 C+ 12 C and 12 C+

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Report of a National Cancer Institute special panel: Characterization of the physical parameters of particle beams for biological research

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Purpose To define the physical parameters needed to characterize a particle beam in order to allow intercomparison of different experiments performed using different ions at the same facility and using the same ion at different facilities. Methods At the request of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a special panel was convened to review the current status of the field and to provide suggested metrics for reporting the physical parameters of particle beams to be used for biological research. A set of physical parameters and measurements that should be performed by facilities and understood and reported by researchers supported by NCI to perform pre‐clinical radiobiology and medical physics of heavy ions were generated. Results Standard measures such as radiation delivery technique, beam modifiers used, nominal energy, field size, physical dose and dose rate should all be reported. However, more advanced physical measurements, including detailed characterization of beam quality by microdosimetric spectrum and fragmentation spectra, should also be established and reported. Details regarding how such data should be incorporated into Monte Carlo simulations and the proper reporting of simulation details are also discussed. Conclusions In order to allow for a clear relation of physical parameters to biological effects, facilities and researchers should establish and report detailed physical characteristics of the irradiation beams utilized including both standard and advanced measures. Biological researchers are encouraged to actively engage facility staff and physicists in the design and conduct of experiments. Modeling individual experimental setups will allow for the reporting of the uncertainties in the measurement or calculation of physical parameters which should be routinely reported.

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The FIRST experiment at GSI

Cited by 37 publications

References 28 publications

Measurement of fragmentation cross sections ofC12ions on a thin gold target with the FIRST apparatus

Measurement of fragmentation cross sections ofC12ions on a thin gold target with the FIRST apparatus

Measurement of Fragment Production Cross Sections in the $^{12}$C+$^{12}$C and $^{12}$C+$^{197}$Au Reactions at 62 $A$ MeV for Hadrontherapy and Space Radiation Protection

Report of a National Cancer Institute special panel: Characterization of the physical parameters of particle beams for biological research

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