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.
From dark matter searches to proton therapy: Measuring target fragmentation with nanometric nuclear emulsions / Boccia, V.; Alexandrov, A.; Asada, T.; De Lellis, G.; D'Ambrosio, N.; Galati, G.; Lauria, A.; Maggipinto, T.; Montesi, M. C.; My, S.; Tioukov, V.. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - (2025). (Intervento presentato al convegno 16th PISA Meeting on Advanced Detectors tenutosi a La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, Italy nel May 26-June 1, 2024) [10.1016/j.nima.2024.170006].
From dark matter searches to proton therapy: Measuring target fragmentation with nanometric nuclear emulsions
Boccia, V.
;Alexandrov, A.;Asada, T.;De Lellis, G.;Galati, G.;Lauria, A.;Montesi, M. C.;
2025
Abstract
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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
