Open AccessNanodosimetry and nanodosimetric-based models of radiation action for radon alpha particles. Final performance technical report
Author(s) -
Marco Zaider
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/353380
Subject(s) - radiation , alpha particle , radon , formalism (music) , radiation dose , radiation protection , alpha (finance) , physics , nuclear engineering , mathematics , nuclear medicine , nuclear physics , engineering , medicine , statistics , art , musical , visual arts , psychometrics , construct validity
The goal of this project was to develop theoretical/computational tools for evaluating the risks incurred by populations exposed to radon alpha particles. Topics of concern include the following: compound dual radiation action (general aspects); a mathematical formalism describing the yield of radiation induced single-and double-strand DNA breaks, and its dependence on radiation quality; a study of the excited states in cytosine and guanine stacks in the Hartree-Fock and exciton approximations; nanodosimetry of radon alpha particles; application of the HSEF to assessing radiation risks in the practice of radiation protection; carcinogenic risk coefficients at environmental levels of radon exposures: a microdosimetric approach; and hit-size effectiveness approach in radiation protection