From dark matter searches to proton therapy: Measuring target fragmentation with nanometric nuclear emulsions
The DAMON (Direct meAsureMent of target fragmentatiON) project aims to explore the use of Nano Imaging Trackers (NITs) for the first direct measurement of target fragmentation caused by proton beams in cancer treatment. NITs are fine-grained nuclear emulsion films that offer a spatial resolution at the nanometric scale. DAMON’s pilot test exposed a NIT-based detector to 211 MeV protons, paving the way for the first study of target fragmentation in direct kinematics. In this paper the preliminary results regarding the multiplicity of the fragments and their track lengths are reported.
Authors
- A. Alexandrov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1813-1485)
- V. Tioukov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5981-5296)
- S. My (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9938-2680)
- A. Lauria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9020-9718)
- G. De Lellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5862-1174)
- G. Galati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-3312)
- Takashi Asada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2482-8289)
- M.C. Montesi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-0945)
- T. Maggipinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4156-5377)
- N. D’Ambrosio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9849-8756)
- V. Boccia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7914-6122)
Institutions
- Toho University (JP)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari (IT)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.170006
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42