Table 1 Description of experimental radiation sources used and spread out Bragg peaks employed for antiproton, proton and carbon ion beams and linear quadratic fitting parameters and RBE for each survival curve

From: Antiproton induced DNA damage: proton like in flight, carbon-ion like near rest

 

Incident energy

Range in water (mm)

SOBP mid-point ± half SOBP depth (mm)

Sample position (depth in water (mm))

Dose av. LET (keV/μm)

α ± s.e. (Gy−1)

β ± s.e. (Gy−2)

RBE (SF0.1) (± s.e.)

X-ray *

225 kVp

n/a

n/a

n/a

~2

0.61 ± 0.1

0.02 ± 0.05

1

X-ray **

225 kVp

n/a

n/a

n/a

~2

0.36 ± 0.035

0.054 ± 0.005

1

Proton

62 MeV

29.1

18.6 ± 10.2

2

~2

0.57 ± 0.06

0.047 ± 0.01

1.22 ± 0.07

Proton

62 MeV

29.1

18.6 ± 10.2

18

~6

0.53 ± 0.05

0.035 ± 0.009

1.2 ± 0.06

Carbon ion

62 MeV/u

10.8

6.8 ± 0.7

3

~70

0.96 ± 0.08

0.094 ± 0.03

2.03 ± 0.06

Carbon ion

62 MeV/u

10.8

6.8 ± 0.7

6.8

~150

2.04 ± 0.092

0

3.88 ± 0.05

Antiproton

126 MeV

116.2

100 ± 5

23

~4

0.63 ± 0.03

0

0.94 ± 0.17

Antiproton

126 MeV

116.2

100 ± 5

100

~19

1.05 ± 0.07

0

1.48 ± 0.17

  1. *X-ray curve for antiproton RBE calculation, ** X-ray curve for proton and carbon ion RBE calculation.