Synergy effect of alpha particles by using natural boron in proton therapy: Computational verification
The use of boron (11B) is recently being investigated to be applied in proton therapy as a proton boron fusion dose enhancement agent. Alpha particles are emitted from the p + 11B → 3α fusion (PBF) reaction analogous to the 10B(n,7Li)α capture (BNC) reaction. If a natural boron content (80% 11B and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2019-11-01
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| Series: | AIP Advances |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5124322 |