Abstract In track segment experiments cell survival and chromosome aberrations of mammalian cells have been measured for various heavy ion beams between helium and uranium in the energy range between 0.5 and 960 MeV/u, corresponding to a velocity range of 0.03 to 0.87 c, and an LET spectrum from 10 to 15 000 keV/μm. At low LET, the cross section (σ) for cell killing increases with increasing LET and shows a common curve for all ions regardless of the atomic number. This indicates that in this region the track structure of the different ions is of only a minor influence, and it is rather the total energy transfer, which is important for cell killing. At higher LET values, deviations from a common σ-LET curve can be observed which indicate a saturation effect. The saturation of the lighter ions occurs at lower LET values than for the heavier ions. These findings are also confirmed by the chromosome data, where the efficiency for the induction of chromosomal aberrations for high LET particles depends on the track structure and is nearly independent of LET. In the heavier beams (Z≥10) individual particles cause multiple chromosome breaks in mitotic cells.


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    Title :

    HZE effects on mammalian cells


    Contributors:
    Kraft, G. (author) / Hieber, L. (author) / Schuber, M. (author) / Kraft-Weyrather, W. (author) / Miltenburger, H.G. (author) / Müller, W. (author) / Wulf, H. (author) / Blakely, E.A. (author) / Tobias, C.A. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 4 , 10 ; 219-226


    Publication date :

    1984-01-01


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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