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Interaction Between Ionizing Radiation And Matter,
Part 2 Charged-Particles
Audun Sanderud
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• Incoming charged particle interact with atom/molecule:
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loExcitation / ionization
Ionization
Excitation
• Ion pair created from ionization
• Interaction between two particles with conservation of kinetic energy ( and momentum):D
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Elastic collision
m1, v m2 m1, v1
m2, v2
• Classic mechanics give:2 2 2
0 1 1 1 2 2
1 1 1 2 2
1 1 2 2
1 1 1T m v m v m v
2 2 2m v m v cos m v cos
0 m v sin m v sin
q c
q c
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= +
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loElastic collision(2)
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21 1 2
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m m m m
sin 2tan
mcos 2
m
c c
cq
c
Þ = = -+ +
=-
• These equations gives the maximum transferred energy:
( )2 1 2
max 2 2,max 02
1 2
m m1E m v 4 T
2 m m= =
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• Proton(#1)-electron(#2):max=0.03o, Emax=0.2 % T0
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loElastic collisions(3)
a) m1>>m2 a) m1=m2 a) m1<<m2
1 2
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m0 tan sin 2
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• Electron(#1)-electron(#2):max=90o, Emax=100 % T0
• Rutherford proved that the cross section of elastic scattering is:
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( )4
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Small scattering angels most probable
• Differentiated by the energy
2
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Small energy transferred most probable
• Stopping power, (dT/dx): the expectation value of the rate of energy loss per unit of pathlength. Dependent on: -type of charged particle
-its kinetic energy-the atomic number of the
medium
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T0 T0-dT
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nv targets per volume unit max max
min min
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N Zd ddT En dx n dx EdT dx EdT
dT A dT
N ZS dT dEdT
dx A dT
s ss r
sr r
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æ ö æ ö÷ç ÷ç= ÷= ÷ç ç÷ ÷çç ÷ç è øè ø
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• The charged particle collision is a Coulomb-force interaction
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• The impact parameter b useful versus the classic atomic radius a
• Most important: the interaction with electrons
• b>>a: particle passes an atom in a large distance
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• The result is excitations (dominant) and ionization;amount energy transferred range from Emin to a certain energy H
• Small energy transitions to the atom
• Hans Bethe did quantum mechanical calculations on the stopping power of soft collision in the 1930• We shall look at the results from particles with much larger mass then the electron
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r0: classic electron radius = e2/40mec2
I: mean excitation potential: v/cz: charge of the incoming particle: Density of the medium
NAZ/A: Number of electrons per gram in medium
H: Maximum transferred energy at soft collision
( )2 2 2 2 2
c,soft 2soft 0 e eA2 2 2
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S dT 2 r m c z 2m c HN Zln
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p bb
r r b b
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• The quantum mechanic effects are specially seen in the excitation potential I
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• High Z – small transferred energy less likely
Atomic number, Z
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• b<<a: particle passes trough the atom
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• Amount energy transferred range from H to Emax
• Large (but few) energy transactions to single electron
• Can be seen as an elastic collision between free particles (bonding energy nelectable)
2 2 2c,hard 2hard 0 e maxA
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S dT 2 r m c z EN Zln
dx A H
pb
r r b
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• The total collision stopping power is then (soft + hard):
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• Important: increase with z2, decrease with v2, not dependent on particle mass
( )2 2 2 2 2
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S SS 4 r m c z 2m cN Zln
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p bb
r r r b b
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• I and electron density (ZNA/A) gives the variation
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SC for electrons/positrons
• Sc,hard/electron-elektron; Møller cross section
positron-electron; Bhabha cross section
The characteristics similar to that of heavy particles
• Sc,soft/Bethe’s soft coll. formula
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( )( )
22 2 22c 0 eA
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2S 2 r m c zN Z Cln F 2 , T / m c
A Z2 I / m c
t tpt d t
r b±
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( )
22
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t = - b +t +
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14 10 4F 2ln 2 23
12 2 2 2+
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• The approximation used in the calculations of SC assume v>>vatomic electron
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• C/Z depend on particle velocity and medium
• When v~vatomic electron no ionizations will occur
• Shell correction C/Z handles this, and reduce SC/
• Occur first in the K-shell - highest atomic electron speed
• Charged particles polarizes the medium
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• Weaker interaction with distant atoms because of the reduction of the Coulomb force field
Charged (+z) particle
eff eff pol
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ur ur ur
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• Polarization increase with (relativistic) speed
• Most important for electrons / positrons
• But: polarization not important at low
• Density-effect correction reduces Sc/ in solid and liquid elements
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• Sc/water vapor) > Sc/water
Dashed curves: Sc without
• When charged particles are accelerated by the Coulomb force from atomic electrons or nucleus photons can be emitted; Bremsstrahlung
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• The Lamor equation (classic el.mag.) denote the radiation power from an acceleration, a, of a charged particle:
0: Permittivity of a vacuum
Charged particle
atomic electron
• The case of a particle accelerated in nucleus field:
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• Comparison of proton and electron as incoming:
• Bremsstrahlung not important for heavy charged particles
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Radiative stopping power(3)
•Br(T,Z) weak dependence of T and Z
• Energy transferred to radiation per pathlength unit: radiative stopping power:
( )2
2 2A0 e r
r r
N ZS dTr T m c B (T, Z)
dx A
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• Radiative energy loss increase with T and Z
• Total stopping power, electrons:
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• Comparison:tot c r
dT dT dT
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• Estimated fraction of the electron energy that is emitted as bremsstrahlung:
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( ) ( )r r
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dT / dx dT / dx S
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Kinetic energy, T (MeV)
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Kinetic energy, T [MeV]
Electrons, totalElectrons, collisionElectrons, radiativeProtons, total
• Cerenkov effect: very high energetic electrons (v>c/n) polarize a medium (water) of refractive index n and bluish light is emitted (+UV)
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• Little energy is emitted
• Nuclear interactions: Inelastic process in which the charged particle cause an excitation of the nucleus. Result: -Scattering of charged particle
-Emission of neutron, -quant, -particleNot important below ~10 MeV (proton)
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• Positron annihilation: Positron interact with atomic electron, and a photon pair of energy ≥ 2x0.511MeV is created. The two photons are emitted 180o apart.Probability decrease by ~1/v
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• Braggs rule for mixtures of n-atoms/elements:
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• LET; also known as restricted stopping power
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• Sc includes energy transitions from Emin to Emax
•cutoff value; LET includes all the soft and the fraction of the hard collision -rays with energy< -electron as a result of
ionization
Trace of charged particle
-electrons living the volume → energy transferred >
• LET the amount of energy disposed in a volume defined by the range of an electron with energy
• The energy loss per length unit by transitions of energy between Emin < E < :
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• LET given in keV/m
• If = Emax then L= Sc ; unrestricted LET
• 30 MeV protons in water: LET100eV/L
• The range of a charge particle in a medium is the expectation value of the pathlength pD
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Range
• The projected range <t> is the expectation value of the farthest depth of penetration tf in its initial direction
Electrons:<t> <
Heavy particles:<t> ≈
• Range can by approximated by the Continuous Slowing Down Approximation, CSDA
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• Energy loss per unit length is given by dT/dx – gives an indirect measure of the range:T0
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dTT T T x
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x T, x TdT dT= =
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• Range is often given multiplied by density
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• Unit is then [cm][g/cm3]=[g/cm2]
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• Range of a charge particle depend on:- Charge and kinetic energy- Density, electron density and average excitation
potential of absorbent
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• In a radiation field of charged particles there is:- variations in rate of energy loss- variations in scattering
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The initial beam of particle at same speed and direction, are spread as they penetrate a medium
vr
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• Electrons experience most scattering – characteristic of initially close to monoenergetic beam:
Energy [MeV]
Num
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Initial beamBeam at small depth in absorbentBeam at large depth in absorbent
• Characteristic of different type of particles penetrating a medium:
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• Protons energy disposal at a given depth:
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Energy disposal(2)
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Monte Carlo simulations
• Notice: e- most scattered has highest S
• Heavy charged particles can be used in radiation therapy – gives better dose distribution to tumor than photons/electrons
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• Stopping powerhttp://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Star/Text/
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• Attenuation coefficients http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/cover.html
Summary