简介：The12C+13Csystemhasbeenstudiedextensively,becauseofthesimilarityoftheentrancechanneltotheastrophysicallyimportant12C+12Creaction[1??3].Untilnow,threedifferentmethodshavebeenexploitedtoperformthefusioncrosssectionmeasurementsfor12C+13CundertheCoulombbarrier:(1)measuringtheyieldofcharacteristicrays,(2)thetotal-rayyieldsusingNaIsummingdetectorsand(3)theactivityofthereactionresidue24Na(T1=2=15.0h).Recently,thefusioncrosssectionof12C+13Chasbeenmeasureddownto0.9nbthroughtheactivitymeasurementbyourgroup[4].Althoughthestatisticalmodelcalculationsinallthesethreemethodshavebeenroutinelyusedtoconverttheobservedpartialcrosssectionsintothetotalfusioncrosssections[5],thesystematicuncertaintyinducedbythestatisticalcorrectionshasnotbeenstudiedverywell.

简介：Radiotherapyisacommontreatmentmodalityforheadandneckcancers,nasopharyngealcancers,primarybraintumorsandbrainmetastases.Alargenumberofpatientsintheworldwithprimaryormetastaticbraintumorswillrequirelargevolumeorwholebrainirradiationeveryyear.However,therapeuticirradiationnotonlykillstumorcells,butalsoinjuresnormalbraintissue,whichiscommonlyassociatedwithsignificantfunctionalmorbidityanddecreasedqualityoflifeinpatientstreatedwithbrainradiotherapy[1].

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