Open Physics (Jul 2021)

Charge identification of fragments with the emulsion spectrometer of the FOOT experiment

  • Galati Giuliana,
  • Alexandrov Andrey,
  • Alpat Behcet,
  • Ambrosi Giovanni,
  • Argirò Stefano,
  • Diaz Raul Arteche,
  • Bartosik Nazar,
  • Battistoni Giuseppe,
  • Belcari Nicola,
  • Bellinzona Elettra,
  • Biondi Silvia,
  • Bisogni Maria Giuseppina,
  • Bruni Graziano,
  • Carra Pietro,
  • Cerello Piergiorgio,
  • Ciarrocchi Esther,
  • Clozza Alberto,
  • Colombi Sofia,
  • Guerra Alberto Del,
  • De Simoni Micol,
  • Di Crescenzo Antonia,
  • Di Ruzza Benedetto,
  • Donetti Marco,
  • Dong Yunsheng,
  • Durante Marco,
  • Faccini Riccardo,
  • Ferrero Veronica,
  • Fiandrini Emanuele,
  • Finck Christian,
  • Fiorina Elisa,
  • Fischetti Marta,
  • Francesconi Marco,
  • Franchini Matteo,
  • Franciosini Gaia,
  • Galli Luca,
  • Gentile Valerio,
  • Giraudo Giuseppe,
  • Hetzel Ronja,
  • Iarocci Enzo,
  • Ionica Maria,
  • Iuliano Antonio,
  • Kanxheri Keida,
  • Kraan Aafke Christine,
  • Lante Valeria,
  • La Tessa Chiara,
  • Laurenza Martina,
  • Lauria Adele,
  • Torres Ernesto Lopez,
  • Marafini Michela,
  • Massimi Cristian,
  • Mattei Ilaria,
  • Mengarelli Alberto,
  • Moggi Andrea,
  • Montesi Maria Cristina,
  • Morone Maria Cristina,
  • Morrocchi Matteo,
  • Muraro Silvia,
  • Murtas Federica,
  • Pastore Alessandra,
  • Pastrone Nadia,
  • Patera Vincenzo,
  • Pennazio Francesco,
  • Placidi Pisana,
  • Pullia Marco,
  • Raffaelli Fabrizio,
  • Ramello Luciano,
  • Ridolfi Riccardo,
  • Rosso Valeria,
  • Sanelli Claudio,
  • Sarti Alessio,
  • Sartorelli Gabriella,
  • Sato Osamu,
  • Savazzi Simone,
  • Scavarda Lorenzo,
  • Schiavi Angelo,
  • Schuy Christoph,
  • Scifoni Emanuele,
  • Sciubba Adalberto,
  • Sécher Alexandre,
  • Selvi Marco,
  • Servoli Leonello,
  • Silvestre Gianluigi,
  • Sitta Mario,
  • Spighi Roberto,
  • Spiriti Eleuterio,
  • Sportelli Giancarlo,
  • Stahl Achim,
  • Tioukov Valeri,
  • Tomassini Sandro,
  • Tommasino Francesco,
  • Toppi Marco,
  • Traini Giacomo,
  • Valle Serena Marta,
  • Vanstalle Marie,
  • Villa Mauro,
  • Weber Ulrich,
  • Zarrella Roberto,
  • Zoccoli Antonio,
  • De Lellis Giovanni

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/phys-2021-0032
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 383 – 394

Abstract

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The FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) experiment is an international project designed to carry out the fragmentation cross-sectional measurements relevant for charged particle therapy (CPT), a technique based on the use of charged particle beams for the treatment of deep-seated tumors. The FOOT detector consists of an electronic setup for the identification of Z≥3Z\ge 3 fragments and an emulsion spectrometer for Z≤3Z\le 3 fragments. The first data taking was performed in 2019 at the GSI facility (Darmstadt, Germany). In this study, the charge identification of fragments induced by exposing an emulsion detector, embedding a C2H4{{\rm{C}}}_{2}{{\rm{H}}}_{4} target, to an oxygen ion beam of 200 MeV/n is discussed. The charge identification is based on the controlled fading of nuclear emulsions in order to extend their dynamic range in the ionization response.

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