Novel path towards compact laser ion accelerators for hadron therapy: Tenfold energy increase in laser-driven multi-MeV ion generation using a gas target mixed with submicron clusters
Plasma Physics
2015-05-13 v1 Accelerator Physics
Abstract
We demonstrate generation of 10-20 MeV/u ions with a compact 4 TW laser using a gas target mixed with submicron clusters, corresponding to tenfold increase in the ion energies compared to previous experiments with solid targets. It is inferred that the high energy ions are generated due to formation of a strong dipole vortex structure. The demonstrated method has a potential to construct compact and high repetition rate ion sources for hadron therapy and other applications.
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@article{arxiv.0903.0018,
title = {Novel path towards compact laser ion accelerators for hadron therapy: Tenfold energy increase in laser-driven multi-MeV ion generation using a gas target mixed with submicron clusters},
author = {Y. Fukuda and A. Ya. Faenov and M. Tampo and T. A. Pikuz and T. Nakamura and M. Kando and Y. Hayashi and A. Yogo and H. Sakaki and T. Kameshima and A. S. Pirozhkov and K. Ogura and M. Mori and T. Zh. Esirkepov and A. S. Boldarev and V. A. Gasilov and A. I. Magunov and R. Kodama and P. R. Bolton and Y. Kato and T. Tajima and H. Daido and S. V. Bulanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.0018},
year = {2015}
}
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7 pages, 4 figures