Oxygen enhancement ratio as a function of neutron energy with mammalian cells in culture
Chinese hamster cells (V79) in culture under oxic and hypoxic conditions were irradiated with several neutron beams spanning a wide energy range. Eight essentially monoenergetic neutron beams, ranging from 0.22 to 13.6 MeV and a 0.11 MeV neutron spectrum, were produced at the Radiological Research Accelerator Facility (RARAF) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Additional experiments were performed at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., where neutrons are produced for radiotherapy by bombarding a beryllium target with 35 MeV deuterons. This beam has a broad energy spectrum with a mean energy of about 15 MeV. A maximum OER of about 1.9 was observed for 13.6 MeV neutrons. The OER values of the monoenergetic neutrons decreased with neutron energy, plateaued at about 1.45 for the energy range from 0.22 to 2.0 MeV and increased slightly to about 1.55 for lower energy spectrum. In the light of microdosimetric data obtained for the neutron beams at RARAF, the OER appears to depend primarily on the intermediate LET secondaries produced by neutrons in tissue, such as protons, while in contrast high LET secondaries, such as, alpha particles and recoil ions, play a minor role. The studies using the NRL neutron beam resulted in a lower OER of about 1.67 as compared to the monoenergetic 13.6 MeV beam.
- Research Organization:
- Columbia Univ., New York (USA). Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons
- DOE Contract Number:
- EP-78-S-02-4733
- OSTI ID:
- 6294638
- Report Number(s):
- COO-4733-T1; TRN: 79-009437
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: N
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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