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Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration Towards Radiobiology and Medicine

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Abstract

Laser-plasma based accelerators of protons and heavier ions are a source of potential interest for several applications, including in the biomedical area. While the potential future use in cancer hadrontherapy acts as a strong aspirational motivation for this research field, radiobiology employing laser-driven ion bursts is already an active field of research. Here we give a summary of the state of the art in laser-driven ion acceleration, of the main challenges currently faced by the research in this field and of some of the current and future strategies for overcoming them.

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    Here we use “temperature” to indicate the parameter \(T\) of a Maxwellian spectrum of the form \(f(\fancyscript{E}){ \propto }\,{ \exp }( - \fancyscript{E}/T)\). Notice that energy units are used for \(T\).

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Borghesi, M., Macchi, A. (2016). Laser-Driven Ion Accelerators: State of the Art and Applications. In: Giulietti, A. (eds) Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration Towards Radiobiology and Medicine. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31563-8_10

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