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Energy Loss of Swift Protons in Liquid Water: Role of Optical Data Input and Extension Algorithms

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Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems

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A short review of the dielectric approach used to describe the energy deposited in liquid water by swift proton beams is presented. Due to the essential role played by the electronic excitation spectrum of the target, characterized by its energy loss function (ELF), we discuss in detail the procedure to obtain a reliable ELF from experimental optical data, which corresponds to zero momentum transfer. We also analyse the influence of the different methods used to extend this optical ELF to non-zero momentum transfers. From these different methods we calculate the stopping power and energy loss straggling of liquid water for proton beams, comparing them with other data available in the literature. In general, a good agreement is found at high projectile incident energy, but differences appear at energies around and lower than the maximum in the stopping power. Finally, the energy delivered to the target as a function of the depth (i.e., the depth-dose distribution) is obtained by means of a simulation code that takes into account the main interactions of the projectile with the target.

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R.G.M. and I.A. acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Project FIS2010-17225). Financial support for I.K. and D.E. by the European Union FP7 ANTICARB (HEALTH-F2-2008-201587) is recognized. This work has benefited from the collaboration within COST Action MP 1002, Nanoscale Insights into Ion Beam Cancer Therapy.

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  1. Departamento de Física – Centro de Investigación en Óptica y Nanofísica, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100, Murcia, Spain

    Rafael Garcia-Molina

  2. Departament de Física Aplicada, Universitat d’Alacant, E-03080, Alacant, Spain

    Isabel Abril

  3. Medical Physics Laboratory, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, 451 10, Greece

    Ioanna Kyriakou & Dimitris Emfietzoglou

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Garcia-Molina, R., Abril, I., Kyriakou, I., Emfietzoglou, D. (2012). Energy Loss of Swift Protons in Liquid Water: Role of Optical Data Input and Extension Algorithms. In: García Gómez-Tejedor, G., Fuss, M. (eds) Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2564-5_15

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