Water versus DNA: a theoretical description of the ionizing processes induced by proton impact

C. CHAMPION; M. E. GALASSI; P. WECK; P. ABUFAGER; O. FOJON; J. HANSSEN; R. RIVAROLA

Heidelberg

Conferencia; 16th International Conference on the Physics of Highly Charged Ions (HCI 2012).; 2012

HCI

Ion-induced collisions on DNA bases have been up to now rarely investigated on the experimental as well as the theoretical side. In the present work we describe the different quantum-mechanical approximations also developed to model the ionization and capture processes for DNA/RNA components, namely, the bases and the sugar-phosphate backbone as well as for water molecule impacted by heavy charged particles.