https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328410001
Nuclear fragmentation cross section measurements with the FOOT experiment
1 University of Bologna, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy
2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) - Section of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
* Corresponding author: zarrella@bo.infn.it
Published online: 26 May 2023
FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) is an applied nuclear physics experiment that aims at a full characterization of the nuclear fragmentation processes of interest for Particle Therapy and Radiation Protection in Space. The physics program foresees a set of measurements in direct and inverse kinematics using particle beams and targets with composition similar to human tissues and spacecraft shielding materials. The final goal of the experiment is the measurement of double differential cross sections with respect to angle and fragment energy in the 100-800 MeV/u range with a precision better than 5%. The FOOT Collaboration is currently completing the development of the apparatus and data acquisition campaigns with partial setups have already started. In this paper, an overview of the current status of the experiment is given, together with a summary of the preliminary results obtained from the first measurements with 16O beams.
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