The Parameter-Free Track Structure Model of Scholz and Kraft for Heavy-Ion Cross Sections

Robert Katz

doi:10.1667/RR3088

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Robert Katz^1,*

¹University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0111

^*Address for correspondence: 5850 Sunrise Road, Lincoln, NE 68510-4049; rkatz@unlserve.unl.edu

Abstract

Katz, R. The Parameter-Free Track Structure Model of Scholz and Kraft for Heavy-Ion Cross Sections. Radiat. Res. 160, 724–728 (2003).

The “parameter-free”, “local effects” theory of Scholz and Kraft is an extension to mammalian cells of the theory of RBE for dry enzymes and viruses of Butts and Katz. Its claim for parameter freedom has been challenged elsewhere. Here we examine its conceptual base and find errors in its use of the physical concept of cross section and its neglect of the radiobiological relationship between target size and radiosensitivity in evaluating the radiation damage to “point targets”.

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Robert Katz "The Parameter-Free Track Structure Model of Scholz and Kraft for Heavy-Ion Cross Sections," Radiation Research 160(6), 724-728, (1 December 2003). https://doi.org/10.1667/RR3088

Received: 24 January 2003; Accepted: 1 July 2003; Published: 1 December 2003

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