Physics Bucharest 2017

Protons: basic physics

Photons (15 MV X-rays)

100

80

60

200 MeV protons

40

20

8 MV photons

0 Relative effective dose / %

2 4 6 8 10 12 Depth in water / cm

Protons

100

Relative dose

80

20 MeV electrons

60

90

120 MeV

40

Depth in water (cm)

20

Relative effective dose / %

0

2 4 6 8 10 12 Depth in water (cm)

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