Water radiolysis with relativistic heavy ions from HIMAC; Yield measurements and simulations of track reactions

Yamashita, Shinichi; Katsumura, Yosuke; Lin, M.; Muroya, Yusa*; Maeyama, Takuya*; Murakami, Takeshi*

Water radiolysis with highly energetic heavy ions from helium to iron ions (up to 500 MeV per nucleon, corresponding to beta = 0.758) provided from HIMAC (Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba) at NIRS (National Institute of Radiological Sciences) has been investigated through yield measurements and simulations of intra-track reactions. Primary yields, which are defined as yields at sub microsecond after irradiation, were measured for wide range of LET (2.2-700 eV/nm). Dynamics of heavy ion tracks were also discussed based on yield measurement, in which various scavenger concentrations were used. In parallel to the measurements, simulations based on Monte-Carlo method and diffusion kinetic model were conducted.