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Title: Focusing and spectral enhancement of a repetition-rated, laser-driven, divergent multi-MeV proton beam using permanent quadrupole magnets

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3078291· OSTI ID:21175949
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  1. Advanced Photon Research Center and Photo Medical Research Center, Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8-1 Umemi-dai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215 (Japan)

A pair of conventional permanent magnet quadrupoles is used to focus a 2.4 MeV laser-driven proton beam at a 1 Hz repetition rate. The magnetic field strengths are 55 and 60 T/m for the first and second quadrupoles, respectively. The proton beam is focused to a spot with a size of less than {approx}3x8 mm{sup 2} at a distance of 650 mm from the source. This result is in good agreement with the Monte Carlo particle trajectory simulation.

OSTI ID:
21175949
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 94, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3078291; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English