The FOOT experiment measures angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections for He through N fragments (2<=Z<=7) produced when a 400 MeV/nucleon oxygen-16 beam strikes a graphite target, using a Start Counter, drift-chamber Beam Monitor, and a Delta-E/time-of-flight scintillator wall to identify fragment charge and emission angle. Learners study how these light-ion nuclear-interaction data, resolved for the first time in angle thanks to 100x higher statistics, benchmark FLUKA and Geant4 transport models and improve dose predictions for particle therapy and space radioprotection.
The FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) collaboration reports measurements of angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections for the forward production of He, Li, Be, B, C and N nuclei (c…