Elemental and angular fragmentation cross section measurements with the FOOT experiment

Abstract

The FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) experiment was proposed to measure double differential nuclear fragmentation cross sections in angle and kinetic energy of the produced fragments in beam-target settings, interesting for hadrontherapy and space radioprotection applications. In particular, FOOT measures projectile and target fragmentations in the kinetic energy range between $200\text{MeV/u}$ and $800\text{MeV/u}$. In this contribution, differential cross section measurements of a $400\text{MeV/u}$ ${}^{16}$O beam on a Carbon and a polyethylene target with data acquired at GSI (Darmstadt, Germany) beam accelerator facility are presented, along with the extraction of the first total fragmentation cross section for a Hydrogen target within the FOOT experiment.

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