Nuclear detecting systems at LNL and LNS: foreseen experiments to provide basic data for heavy-ion risk assessment.

ABSTRACT

The use of existing detecting systems developed for nuclear physics studies allows collecting data on particle and ion production cross-sections in reactions induced by Oxygen and Carbon beams, of interest for hadrontherapy and heavy-ion risk assessment. The MULTICS and GARFIELD apparatus, together with the foreseen experiments, are reviewed.