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Synchrotron-produced ultrasoft X-rays: a tool for testing biophysical models of radiation action.

Ultrasoft X-rays are useful for mechanistic studies of ionizing radiation damage in living cells due to the localized nature of their energy depositions. To date radiobiology experiments in this energy region have relied on characteristic X-rays (mainly Alk and Ck) from X-ray tubes. However, limitations in the photon intensity and the available energies from X-ray tube sources prevent a definitive characterization of the relationship between photon energy and biological damage. Synchrotron radiation has the potential to avoid these limitations, since it produces X-rays with high intensity over a continuous spectrum. We have established a synchrotron-based system for radiation biology studies using the ES-0 exposure station of the Center for X-ray Lithography at the University of Wisconsin Synchrotron Radiation Center storage ring, Aladdin. A characterization of the system including spectral and intensity properties of the photon beam is presented. The first mammalian cell survival curve for synchrotron-produced ultrasoft X-rays was generated and is presented. Cell survival curves of C3H/10T 1/2 cells using synchrotron radiation of 1.48 keV agree with previous data using Alk X-rays (1.49 keV). An RBE of 1.47 +/- 0.30 at the 10% survival level was measured with reference to 250 kVp X-rays.[1]

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  1. Synchrotron-produced ultrasoft X-rays: a tool for testing biophysical models of radiation action. Meger Wells, C.M., Pearson, D.W., De Luca, P.M., Wells, G.M., Cerrina, F., Kennan, W.S., Gould, M.N. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. (1991) [Pubmed]
 
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