About the importance of the nuclear recoil in αemission near the DNA

2011/07/19 by E. Lodi Rizzini, A. Bianconi, Rizzini, E. Lodi +11
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph) #DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear physics research studies #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #nucl-ex #physics.bio-ph

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Abstract

The effect of the energy deposition inside the human body made by radioactive substances is discussed. For the first time, we stress the importance of the recoiling nucleus in such reactions, particularly concerning the damage caused on the DNA structure.

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