Preliminary evaluation of the correspondence between ion-acoustic signals and luminescence from the absorption of pulsed proton beams in a liquid scintillator

Tools

Maxouti, Maria and Hobson, Peter and Jeremy, Oliver and Cox, Ben and Dover, Nicholas and Gerlach, Sonja and Lascaud, Julie and Amos, Richard and Burne, Catherine and Civale, John and Whyte, Colin and Schreiber, Jörg and Parodi, Katia and Long, Kenneth and Bamber, Jeffrey; (2025) Preliminary evaluation of the correspondence between ion-acoustic signals and luminescence from the absorption of pulsed proton beams in a liquid scintillator. In: 2025 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). 2025 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) . IEEE, NLD, pp. 1-4. ISBN 979-8-3315-2332-9 (https://doi.org/10.1109/ius62464.2025.11201445)

[thumbnail of Maxouti-etal-2025-Preliminary-evaluation-of-the-correspondence-between-ion-acoustic-signals]
Preview
 Text. Filename: Maxouti-etal-2025-Preliminary-evaluation-of-the-correspondence-between-ion-acoustic-signals.pdf
Accepted Author Manuscript
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 logo
Download (637kB)| Preview

Abstract

For eventual contribution to the subject of radiotherapy with heavy ions, our aim was to advance the field of ionacoustics by establishing the feasibility of using optical images of proton dose deposited in a liquid scintillator as a reference for thermoacoustic measurements in the same liquid. We made the first reported measurements of ultrasound speed and frequency dependent attenuation coefficient of a liquid scintillator, Ultima Gold XR®. We then directed pulsed beams of protons from a laser driven accelerator into a phantom filled with the scintillator while making simultaneous observations of the resulting luminescence and thermoacoustic waves. Preliminary comparisons were obtained between the two, as a function of proton energy and degree of collimation, laying a foundation for future work on 3D ionacoustic dosimetry.

ORCID iDs

Maxouti, Maria, Hobson, Peter, Jeremy, Oliver, Cox, Ben, Dover, Nicholas, Gerlach, Sonja, Lascaud, Julie, Amos, Richard, Burne, Catherine, Civale, John, Whyte, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5431-2443, Schreiber, Jörg, Parodi, Katia, Long, Kenneth and Bamber, Jeffrey;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:94678
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    20 October 2025
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:07 Nov 2025 13:32
    Last modified:02 Feb 2026 17:11
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/94678
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)