Oncological hadrontherapy with laser ion accelerators

The use of an intense collimated beam of protons produced by a high-intensity laser pulse interacting with a plasma for the proton treatment of oncological diseases is discussed. The fast proton beam is produced at the target by direct laser acceleration. An appropriately designed double-layer targe...

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Published in:Physics letters. A 2002-07, Vol.299 (2), p.240-247
Main Authors: Bulanov, S.V, Esirkepov, T.Zh, Khoroshkov, V.S, Kuznetsov, A.V, Pegoraro, F
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Language:English
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Summary:The use of an intense collimated beam of protons produced by a high-intensity laser pulse interacting with a plasma for the proton treatment of oncological diseases is discussed. The fast proton beam is produced at the target by direct laser acceleration. An appropriately designed double-layer target scheme is proposed in order to achieve high-quality proton beams. The generation of high quality proton beams is proved with particle in cell simulations.
ISSN:0375-9601
1873-2429
DOI:10.1016/S0375-9601(02)00521-2