The centenary of the discovery of the Bragg peak

Bragg published curves for ionization of air by radium alpha particles in December 1904 demonstrating that ionization density increased sharply near the end of range. The accepted view was that ionization would decrease exponentially with depth. This depth dose pattern is the basis for the dose dist...

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Published inRadiotherapy and oncology Vol. 73; no. 3; pp. 265 - 268
Main Authors Brown, Andrew, Suit, Herman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.12.2004
Subjects
Alpha Particles
Braff
Bragg peak
Charged particles
Dose Fractionation
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Radiotherapy - history
Radium - chemistry
William Henry Bragg
Bragg peak
William Henry Bragg
Charged particles
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Summary:Bragg published curves for ionization of air by radium alpha particles in December 1904 demonstrating that ionization density increased sharply near the end of range. The accepted view was that ionization would decrease exponentially with depth. This depth dose pattern is the basis for the dose distributional advantage of charged particles relative to photons.
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ISSN:0167-8140
1879-0887
DOI:10.1016/j.radonc.2004.09.008