Energy deposition in small cylindrical targets by ultrasoft X-rays
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics in Medicine & Biology
- Vol. 34 (6), 691-705
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/34/6/005
Abstract
A Monte Carlo technique has been employed to calculate the energy deposition events in small cylindrical targets (<or=100 nm), including sizes which represent the DNA duplex, nucleosome and chromatin fibre, by simulated electron tracks from C (278 eV), Al (1487 eV) and Ti (4509 eV) characteristic ultrasoft X-rays in water. Detailed examples of input data tables for the generation of electron tracks produced from the X-ray photon interactions are presented. Frequencies of energy deposition events per gray for target sizes from 1 to 100 nm are given and comparisons have been made with radiations of different qualities.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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