High-quality ion beams from a nanometric double-layer target and their application to hadron-therapy
Plasma Physics
2013-09-06 v2 Accelerator Physics
Abstract
The production of ion beams from the interaction of a circularly polarized laser pulse with a nanometric double-layer target is discussed in the regime where all electrons are expelled from the target by laser radiation pressure. Quasi-monochromatic, well-collimated ion beams are observed in two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. The ion beam properties are derived from a simple analytical model, and the possibility to control those properties by using a laser-pulse with sharp-rising edge is discussed. Potential application to hadron-therapy is finally considered.
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@article{arxiv.0909.3784,
title = {High-quality ion beams from a nanometric double-layer target and their application to hadron-therapy},
author = {M. Grech and S. Skupin and R. Nuter and L. Gremillet and E. Lefebvre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3784},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
5 pages, 2 figures, submitted as a proceeding of the Coulomb'09 workshop in a Special Issue of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research - Section A