The LILIA experiment: Energy selection and post-acceleration of laser generated protons

Journal Article · Fri Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2012 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773804· OSTI ID:22075930

Turchetti, Giorgio; Sinigardi, Stefano; Londrillo, Pasquale; Rossi, Francesco; Sumini, Marco; Giove, Dario; De Martinis, Carlo ^[1]

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1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Bologna and INFN Sezione di Bologna (Italy)

The LILIA experiment is planned at the SPARCLAB facility of the Frascati INFN laboratories. We have simulated the laser acceleration of protons, the transport and energy selection with collimators and a pulsed solenoid and the post-acceleration with a compact high field linac. For the highest achievable intensity corresponding to a= 30 over 10{sup 8} protons at 30 MeV with a 3% spread are selected, and at least10{sup 7} protons are post-accelerated up to 60 MeV. If a 10 Hz repetition rated can be achieved the delivered dose would be suitable for the treatment of small superficial tumors.

• OSTI ID: 22075930
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1507, Issue 1; Conference: 15. advanced accelerator concepts workshop, Austin, TX (United States), 10-15 Jun 2012; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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