The Influence of DNA Configuration on the Direct Strand Break Yield

Table 2

Average site-hit probability for each DNA configuration-particle combination. Corresponding values predicted from the volume ratio defined in the text are also shown.

DNA configuration	Protons	Alpha part.	Pred. value
A	0.040 0.002	0.040 0.004	0.038
B	0.030 0.001	0.030 0.003	0.029
Z	0.0188 0.0008	0.0194 0.002	0.018