MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES OF LIQUID WATER RADIOLYSIS - THE EFFECTS OF DISSOLVED-OXYGEN AND OH SCAVENGER

Authors
TOMITA H KAI M KUSAMA T ITO A
Citation
H. Tomita et al., MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES OF LIQUID WATER RADIOLYSIS - THE EFFECTS OF DISSOLVED-OXYGEN AND OH SCAVENGER, Radiation and environmental biophysics, 36(2), 1997, pp. 105-116
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Radiation and environmental biophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301634X
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
105 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-634X(1997)36:2<105:MSOPPO>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The paper describes developments of the physicochemical part of a comp uter code system that estimates DNA strand break induction on plasmid pBR322 DNA. In order to test the reliability of the model, we evaluate d the dielectric function and the time-dependent yield of chemical spe cies in the presence of OH radical scavenger or dissolved oxygen. Resu lts agree with measurements on the radiolysis of liquid water. When a hybrid model of a liquid inelastic cross-section and a vapour elastic cross-section is used, energy deposition by vibrational excitations is estimated to be approximately 11% of total energy deposition.