Laser-driven helium ion acceleration for hadron therapy

0502579 - FZÚ 2019 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Bulanov, S.S. - Esarey, E. - Schroeder, C.B. - Leemans, W.P. - Bulanov, S.V. - Margarone, Daniele - Korn, Georg - Haberer, T.
Laser-driven helium ion acceleration for hadron therapy.
Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, (AAC 2014). Melville: AIP Publishing, 2016 - (Hogan, M.), Roč. 1777 (2016), s. 1-5, č. článku 090001. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1777. ISBN 978-0-7354-1439-6. ISSN 0094-243X.
[Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop. San Jose, CA (US), 13.07.2014-18.07.2014]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT ED1.1.00/02.0061; GA MŠMT EF15_008/0000162
Grant - others:ELI Beamlines(XE) CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0061; ELI Beamlines(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_008/0000162
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : plasma * pulses
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Laser acceleration of helium ions from near critical density targets is studied as an ion source for hadron therapy of oncological diseases. Helium ions are considered a promising candidate for therapy due to higher precision in dose deposition and possibly higher Relative Biological Effectiveness. The feasibility of using PW-class lasers to produce 250 MeV per nucleon helium ion beams that meet the hadron therapy requirements is discussed. The relative effectiveness of laser acceleration of He-3 and He-4 ions is studied.
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