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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 35, 2012
Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2012
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Article Number | 04003 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Medical Physics | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123504003 | |
Published online | 30 October 2012 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123504003
Atomic Radiation in Nuclear Decay
Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
a e-mail: u4659773@anu.edu.au
Auger electrons emitted in nuclear decay offer a unique tool to kill cancer cells at the scale of a DNA molecule. Over the last forty years many aspects of this promising therapeutic tool have been explored, however it is still not in the phase of large scale clinical trials. In this paper we review the physical processes of Auger emission in nuclear decay and present a new model being developed to evaluate the energy spectrum of Auger electrons, and hence overcome the limitations of existing computations.
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