Jurnal Fisika FLUX
Vol 20, No 1 (2023): Jurnal Fisika Flux: Jurnal Ilmiah Fisika FMIPA Universitas Lambung Mangkurat

Neutron Generated during Proton Bombardment in Water Molecule

Gusti Atika Urfa (Universitas Lambung Mangkurat)
Nurma Sari (Prodi Fisika -Universitas Lambung Mangkurat)
Amar Vijai Nasrulloh (Prodi Fisika - Universitas Lambung Mangkurat)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Mar 2023

Abstract

Proton therapy is a treatment modality which can deliver dose precisely to cancer tumor in comparison to photon therapy, However, study about the biological effect of proton therapy are not well known. In this study, simulation of proton bombardment with energy 110 MeV to water is conducted using Geant4 software. The selection of water as the object of proton bombardment due to majority of human body is consisted of water. Water molecule in this simulation is a cube shaped with 10 x 10 x 10 cmand surrounded by PMMA material with 0.5 cm thickness. From the simulation results, it can be seen that <2% neutrons particle are formed due to the interaction of proton particles with water material. Small dose of neutron can be dangerous for body because it has high biological effectiveness and thus even a small absorbed dose might cause negative side effects in the patient.

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Earth & Planetary Sciences Education Materials Science & Nanotechnology Physics

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Jurnal Fisika FLUX is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, as well as short communication in all areas of physics including applied physics, which includes: physics instrumentation and computation, biophysics, geophysics, physics materials, ...