Simulations and Backgrounds

GEANT4 vs. Experimental Data

• Benchmarking of monte carlo simulation of bremsstrahlung from thick targets at radiotherapy energies

B. A. Faddegon, M. Asai, J. Perl, C. Ross, J. Sempau, J. Tinslay, and F. Salvat. Med. Phys. 35 (2008) 4308 media:MedPhys.35.4308.pdf

Relevant Cross Sections

1. ¹⁶O(γ,α)¹²C

1. ¹⁷O(γ,α)¹³C

1. ¹⁸O(γ,α)¹⁴C