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Science 10 December 1971:
Vol. 174. no. 4014, pp. 1127 - 1128
DOI: 10.1126/science.174.4014.1127
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Spatial Distribution of Biological Effect in a 3.9-Gev Nitrogen Ion Beam

Paul Todd 1, Carter B. Schroy 1, Kirby G. Vosburgh 1, and Walter Schimmerling 2

1 Department of Biophysics, 618 Life Sciences Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802
2 Princeton Particle Accelerator, Princeton University, Box 682, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

A beam of nitrogen ions obtained with the Princeton Particle Accelerator was used for the irradiation of Chinese hamster (M3-1) cells in monolayer culture. The 3.9-billion-electron-volt (Gev) beam passed along the monolayer, so that ions were stopped in the culture. A sharply defined zone of extensive cell destruction occurred in the last centimeter of the beam path.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Prediction of the Spatial Distribution of Cell Survival in Heavy Ion Beams.
K. G. Vosburgh (1971)
Science 174, 1125-1127
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