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The determination of microscopic dose-damage relations in aqueous environment is of fundamental interest for dosimetry and its application in radiation-therapy and protection. We present a combined experimental and simulational approach to quantify the microscopic energy deposit at biomolecules in liquid environment which is applicable to a wide range of primary radiation sources, e.g. photons, electrons or ions, and targets, such as DNA, proteins or cells.Therefore, we combine Geant4 particle-scattering simulations in water with calculations concerning the movement of biomolecules to obtain the energy deposit in the biologically relevant nanoscopic volume. We present, how to combine these simulational results and experimental data via a generalised damage model to determine the microscopic dose-damage relation at a molecular level.
To show the viability of this approach, we apply this method to an experimentally challenging system, the direct irradiation of plasmid DNA (pUC19) in water with electrons as primary particles. Here we combine electron-scattering simulations with calculations concerning the diffusion and convection induced movement of the DNA, within a coarse-grained model of the irradiated liquid. Additionally a microscopic target model for DNA molecules based on the relation of lineal energy and radiation quality is used to calculate their effective target volume.
It was found that on average fewer than two ionisations within a 7.5\,nm radius around the sugar-phosphate backbone are sufficient to cause a single strand break, with a corresponding median lethal energy deposit being E\textsubscript{1/2}=6+-4\,eV. The presented method is applicable for all types of ionising radiation and a broad variety of biological targets.
Particle scattering simulations are an useful tool to plan experiments, design detectors, estimate doses in irradiated materials and medical treatment planning.
Geant4 is a Monte-Carlo toolkit for the simulation of of particles scattering in matter. Photons, electrons, ions etc can be simulated with energies in the eV to GeV range. Their interactions with matter in arbitrary scattering geometries be studied. Scattering models, cross sections and material parameters can be set to cover interactions in gas, liquid and solid state. The import of geometries from computer aided design files or the protein data base is possible.
It is currently being applied in high energy and nuclear physics, accelerator and detector design, space application, dosimetry and medical sciences.
In this first part of the talk a brief overview over the structure, functionality and possible applications of Geant4 will be given. In the second part an example application will be presented: The determination of the microscopic dose-damage relations in aqueous environment for electron irradiated plasmid DNA will be explained. Therefore, we combine electron scattering simulations in water with calculations concerning the movement of biomolecules to obtain the energy deposit in the biologically relevant nanoscopic volume. We present, how to combine these simulational results and experimental data via a generalized damage model to determine the microscopic dose-damage relation at a molecular level.