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Fano cavity test and investigation of the response of the Roos chamber irradiated by proton beams in perpendicular magnetic fields up to 1 T.
Physics in Medicine and Biology 2024 March 8
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work is to investigate the response of the Roos chamber (type 34001) irradiated by clinical proton beams in magnetic fields.
APPROACH: At first, a Fano test was implemented in Monte Carlo software package GATE version 9.2 (based on Geant4 version 11.0.2) using a cylindrical slab geometry in a magnetic field up to 1 T. In accordance to an experimental setup (Fuchs et al 2021), the magnetic field correction factors kB Q of the Roos chamber were determined at different energies up to 252 MeV and magnetic field strengths up to 1 T, by separately simulating the ratios of chamber signals MQ /MB Q , without and with magnetic field, and the dose-conversion factors DB w,Q /Dw,Q in a small cylinder of water, with and without magnetic field. Additionally, detailed simulations were carried out to understand the observed magnetic field dependence.
MAIN RESULTS: The Fano test was passed with deviations smaller than 0.25% between 0 T and 1 T. The ratios of the chamber signals show both energy and magnetic field dependence. The maximum deviation of the dose-conversion factors from unity of 0.22% was observed at the lowest investigated proton energy of 97.4 MeV and B = 1 T. The resulting kB Q factors increase initially with the applied magnetic field and decrease again after a maximum at around 0.5 T; except for the lowest 97.4 MeV beam that show no observable magnetic field dependence. The deviation from unity of the factors is also larger for higher proton energies, where the maximum lies at 1.0035(5), 1.0054(7) and 1.0069(7) for initial energies of E0 = 152, 223.4 and 252 MeV, respectively.
SIGNIFICANCE: Detailed Monte Carlo studies showed that the observed effect can be mainly attributed to the differences in the transport of electrons produced both outside and inside of the air cavity in the presence of a magnetic field.
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APPROACH: At first, a Fano test was implemented in Monte Carlo software package GATE version 9.2 (based on Geant4 version 11.0.2) using a cylindrical slab geometry in a magnetic field up to 1 T. In accordance to an experimental setup (Fuchs et al 2021), the magnetic field correction factors kB Q of the Roos chamber were determined at different energies up to 252 MeV and magnetic field strengths up to 1 T, by separately simulating the ratios of chamber signals MQ /MB Q , without and with magnetic field, and the dose-conversion factors DB w,Q /Dw,Q in a small cylinder of water, with and without magnetic field. Additionally, detailed simulations were carried out to understand the observed magnetic field dependence.
MAIN RESULTS: The Fano test was passed with deviations smaller than 0.25% between 0 T and 1 T. The ratios of the chamber signals show both energy and magnetic field dependence. The maximum deviation of the dose-conversion factors from unity of 0.22% was observed at the lowest investigated proton energy of 97.4 MeV and B = 1 T. The resulting kB Q factors increase initially with the applied magnetic field and decrease again after a maximum at around 0.5 T; except for the lowest 97.4 MeV beam that show no observable magnetic field dependence. The deviation from unity of the factors is also larger for higher proton energies, where the maximum lies at 1.0035(5), 1.0054(7) and 1.0069(7) for initial energies of E0 = 152, 223.4 and 252 MeV, respectively.
SIGNIFICANCE: Detailed Monte Carlo studies showed that the observed effect can be mainly attributed to the differences in the transport of electrons produced both outside and inside of the air cavity in the presence of a magnetic field.
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