A beam of particles is directed at a 0.015-kg tumor. There are 1.6 1010 particles per

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A beam of particles is directed at a 0.015-kg tumor. There are 1.6 × 1010 particles per second reaching the tumor, and the energy of each particle is 4.0 MeV. The RBE for the radiation is 14. Find the biologically equivalent dose given to the tumor in 25 s.


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Physics

ISBN: 978-0470879528

9th edition

Authors: John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson

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