Review of the Geant4-DNA simulation toolkit for radiobiological applications at the cellular and DNA level

I Kyriakou, D Sakata, HN Tran, Y Perrot, WG Shin… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A brief description of the methodologies to simulate ionizing radiation
transport in biologically relevant matter is presented. Emphasis is given to the physical …

Energy and angular distributions of electrons emitted in proton collisions with molecular hydrogen

CT Plowman, IB Abdurakhmanov, I Bray, AS Kadyrov - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
The description of experimental data on energy and angular distributions of electrons
produced in intermediate-energy proton collisions with H 2 has remained an insurmountable …

Differential scattering in proton collisions with molecular hydrogen

CT Plowman, IB Abdurakhmanov, I Bray… - The European Physical …, 2022 - Springer
The recently developed two-centre wave-packet convergent close-coupling approach to
proton collisions with molecular hydrogen is applied to calculate various singly differential …

Effective one-electron approach to proton collisions with molecular hydrogen

CT Plowman, IB Abdurakhmanov, I Bray… - The European Physical …, 2022 - Springer
The two-centre wave-packet convergent close-coupling approach to ion–atom collisions is
extended to study proton collisions with molecular hydrogen including electron-capture …

Calculation of Energy and Angular Distributions of Electrons Produced in Intermediate-Energy p + H2 Collisions

CT Plowman, KH Spicer, AS Kadyrov - Atoms, 2023 - mdpi.com
We extend the two-centre wave-packet convergent close-coupling approach to doubly
differential ionisation in proton collisions with H2 to intermediate projectile energies. The …

Energy spectra of protons and generated secondary electrons around the Bragg peak in materials of interest in proton therapy

P De Vera, I Abril, R Garcia-Molina - Radiation research, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
The number and energy of secondary electrons generated around the trajectories of swift
protons interacting with biological materials are highly relevant in proton therapy, due to the …

Energy deposition around swift carbon-ion tracks in liquid water

P de Vera, S Taioli, PE Trevisanutto, M Dapor… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Energetic carbon ions are promising projectiles used for cancer radiotherapy. A thorough
knowledge of how the energy of these ions is deposited in biological media (mainly …

On the consistency of Monte Carlo track structure DNA damage simulations

P Pater, J Seuntjens, I El Naqa, MA Bernal - Medical physics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Monte Carlo track structures (MCTS) simulations have been recognized as useful
tools for radiobiological modeling. However, the authors noticed several issues regarding …

Transport of secondary electrons through coatings of ion-irradiated metallic nanoparticles

K Haume, P de Vera, A Verkhovtsev… - The European Physical …, 2018 - Springer
The transport of low-energy electrons through the coating of a radiosensitizing metallic
nanoparticle under fast ion irradiation is analyzed theoretically and numerically. As a case …

Status and extension of the geant4-DNA dielectric models for application to electron transport

I Kyriakou, D Emfietzoglou, S Incerti - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The development of accurate physics models that enable track structure simulations of
electrons in liquid water medium over a wide energy range, from the eV to the MeV scale, is …