Monte-Carlo simulations are used to investigate the effects of multiple ionization on the formation of HO
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/O
2
− and H
2O
2 in the radiolysis of water by
12C
6+ ions up to
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430 keV/μm, at neutral pH and 25 °C. Taking into account the double and triple ionizations of water molecules, the primary yields
GHO2
/O2
− and
GH2O2 are calculated as a function of linear energy transfer (LET). Our results quantitatively reproduce the large increase observed in
GHO2
/O2
− at high LET. They also simultaneously predict a slight maximum in
GH2O2 at
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180–200 keV/μm, in excellent agreement with experiment. Under the conditions of this study, triple ionization is found to contribute only negligibly to
GHO2
/O2
−.