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. 2016 Jun 8;6:97. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2016.00097

Table 13.

The Geant4 annual GCR dose equivalents (cSv/y) for the continuous-coil toroid (CCT) shield configuration, with and without the 8 Tm field, for the acceptance corresponding to the barrel region (Figure 9).

CCT no field
CCT field
Z Skin BFO Body Skin BFO Body
1 16.3 ± 0.5 15.2 ± 0.9 15.1 ± 0.3 12.3 ± 0.9 11.3 ± 0.4 11.6 ± 0.3
2 3.94 ± 0.13 3.84 ± 0.36 3.88 ± 0.08 3.56 ± 0.43 3.10 ± 0.27 3.40 ± 0.07
3–10 1.52 ± 0.08 1.32 ± 0.12 1.38 ± 0.08 1.17 ± 0.07 1.03 ± 0.04 1.06 ± 0.04
11–20 1.01 ± 0.10 0.80 ± 0.10 0.84 ± 0.09 0.75 ± 0.06 0.60 ± 0.04 0.65 ± 0.04
21–28 1.04 ± 0.13 0.74 ± 0.12 0.84 ± 0.14 0.90 ± 0.08 0.64 ± 0.11 0.72 ± 0.09
Total 23.8 ± 0.5 21.9 ± 1.0 22.1 ± 0.4 18.7 ± 1.0 16.7 ± 0.5 17.4 ± 0.3
Fraction field on/off 0.79 ± 0.06 0.76 ± 0.05 0.79 ± 0.02

The quoted uncertainties represent the root-mean-square deviation of the average dose recorded in the six water cylinders (Figure 5).