Experimental assessment and analysis of calculations accuracy for the neutron-induced radio-isotopes in copper parts of radiotherapy accelerators

IF 1.4 3区物理与天体物理 Q3 INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI:10.1016/j.nimb.2024.165553

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Abstract

Induced radioactivity in particle accelerators is currently not sufficiently addressed, particularly for radiotherapy electron LINACs when the activation occurs via secondary neutrons created in photo-nuclear reactions.

Methodologies based on Monte-Carlo simulations coupled with activation calculation codes are often used to address this issue. Their accuracy, which is potentially affected by the limited capabilities of the calculation tools to simulate nuclear reactions at the origin of the materials activation, can be deeply analyzed only through comparisons with experimental values but the latter are not widely available.

New macroscopic data for the activity induced by neutrons in the materials commonly present in medical electron LINACs are presented. Neutron-induced activation has been measured by sample irradiation at SPIRAL2/NFS facility in accurately characterized configurations. Experimental results were compared to the simulations predictions allowing to assess the precision that can be achieved by a fully simulation-based methodology, mainly related to the energy-dependent reaction cross-sections.

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放疗加速器铜部件中的中子诱导放射性同位素计算精度的实验评估与分析

目前，粒子加速器中的诱导放射性问题还没有得到充分解决，特别是在放疗电子 LINAC 中，活化是通过光核反应中产生的次级中子进行的。由于计算工具模拟材料活化源头核反应的能力有限，其准确性可能会受到影响，因此只能通过与实验值进行比较来深入分析，但后者并不普遍。在 SPIRAL2/NFS 设备上，通过精确表征的配置对样品进行辐照，测量了中子诱导活化。实验结果与模拟预测进行了比较，从而评估了完全基于模拟的方法所能达到的精度，主要涉及与能量相关的反应截面。

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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms 物理-核科学技术

CiteScore

2.80

自引率

7.70%

发文量

231

审稿时长

1.9 months

期刊介绍： Section B of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research covers all aspects of the interaction of energetic beams with atoms, molecules and aggregate forms of matter. This includes ion beam analysis and ion beam modification of materials as well as basic data of importance for these studies. Topics of general interest include: atomic collisions in solids, particle channelling, all aspects of collision cascades, the modification of materials by energetic beams, ion implantation, irradiation - induced changes in materials, the physics and chemistry of beam interactions and the analysis of materials by all forms of energetic radiation. Modification by ion, laser and electron beams for the study of electronic materials, metals, ceramics, insulators, polymers and other important and new materials systems are included. Related studies, such as the application of ion beam analysis to biological, archaeological and geological samples as well as applications to solve problems in planetary science are also welcome. Energetic beams of interest include atomic and molecular ions, neutrons, positrons and muons, plasmas directed at surfaces, electron and photon beams, including laser treated surfaces and studies of solids by photon radiation from rotating anodes, synchrotrons, etc. In addition, the interaction between various forms of radiation and radiation-induced deposition processes are relevant.