Helium-3 and helium-4 acceleration by high power laser pulses for hadron therapy
The laser driven acceleration of ions is considered a promising candidate for an ion source for hadron therapy of oncological diseases. Though proton and carbon ion sources are conventionally used for therapy, other light ions can also be utilized. Whereas carbon ions require 400 MeV per nucleon to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.18.061302 |