The Absorbed Dose and Dose Equivalent from Neutrons in the Energy Range 60 to 3000 MeV and Protons in the Energy Range 400 to 3000 MeV

Nucleon-meson cascade calculations have been carried out for monoenergetic neutrons (60 to 3000 MeV) and protons (400 to 3000 MeV) normally incident on a semi-infinite slab of tissue 30 cm thick, and the absorbed dose and dose equivalent as a function of depth in the tissue are presented. The calculated absorbed doses from 180- and 525-MeV incident neutrons and 660- and 730-MeV protons are compared with experimental data. For 525-MeV incident neutrons, the experimental and calculated absorbed doses are in good agreement, but this is not the case with the other comparisons.