@article{Rivera_Ramos-Beltran_Paredes-Arriaga_Negron-Mendoza_2018, title={Agent Based Model of the Cytosine Radiation Induced Reaction}, volume={6}, url={https://jnp.chitkara.edu.in/index.php/jnp/article/view/46}, DOI={10.15415/jnp.2018.61016}, abstractNote={<p>The stability of cytosine in aqueous solution was studied in the laboratory, simulating prebiotic conditions and using gamma radiation as an energy source, to describe cytosine behavior under radiation. For a better understanding of the radiation-induced processes, we proposed a mathematical model that considers chemical reactions as nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The radiolysis can be computationally simulated by an agent-based model, wherein each chemical species involved is considered to be an agent that can interact with other species with known reaction rates. The radiation is contemplated as a factor that promotes product formation/destruction, and the temperature determines the diffusion speed of the agents. With this model, we reproduce the changes in cytosine concentration obtained in the laboratory under different irradiation conditions.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Nuclear Physics, Material Sciences, Radiation and Applications}, author={Rivera, A. L. and Ramos-Beltran, S. and Paredes-Arriaga, A. and Negron-Mendoza, A.}, year={2018}, month={Aug.}, pages={93–97} }