Highlights
- •Prompt-gamma emission in proton therapy is investigated.
- •Results of experiments on phantoms are shown along with Geant4 simulations.
- •Several Geant4 versions and physics lists are tested.
- •None of the configurations is able to fully reproduce the experimental data.
- •It is not the most recent Geant4 version which gives the best agreement with data.
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