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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2025-08-20 22:57 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2025 Meeting
Section: Nuclear and Elementary Particles Physics
Title:
Laser-driven ion beams for hadron therapy studies
Authors:
Daniel DOROBANȚU (1,2), Mihail CERNĂIANU (2), Domenico DORIA (2), Cristina Marin (2), Dan Ștutman (2), Lucian Tudor (2), Deepak Sangwan (2), Călin A. Ur (2)
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Affiliation:
1)University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics;
2)Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics, "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering.
E-mail
daniel.dorobantu@eli-np.ro
Keywords:
laser-driven ion acceleration, hadron therapy
Abstract:
Laser-driven particle accelerators open a completely new approach in investigating the radio-biological effects of the interaction of radiation with tumours due to the ultra-high dose rate per pulse. The new generation of the multi-PW laser class, where peak laser intensities of up to 10^23 W/cm^2 can be reached, allows the acceleration of protons and 12C at energies within the therapeutic window via several acceleration mechanisms. While ultra-high dose rates of protons can be delivered easily using classical accelerators, delivering 12C at ultra-high dose rates is very challenging.
The possibility of accelerating 12C from different types of ultra-thin targets at ultra-high dose rates using the 1 PW laser from the ELI-NP (Extreme Light Infrastructure- Nuclear Physics) facility will be presented.
Acknowledgement:
We thank the LDED team (Laser Driven Experiments Department) for their contributions to this experiment and also the members of the LSD (Lasers System Department) as well as the Thales team for the very successful operation of the HPLS (High Power Laser System).
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