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Calculated peak patient dose (per proton incident on the face of the collimator) from neutrons originating in a brass collimator of various thicknesses. Geometry as in figures 1 and 3 with no pre-collimator. Note the minimum brass collimator thickness (i.e., to stop 235 MeV protons) is 65 mm.
