Considerations on employing a PMQ-doublet for narrow and broad proton energy distributions

We simulated a doublet of permanent magnet quadrupoles (PMQs) to estimate the sensitivity on positioning precision and its impact on the spectral properties of transported protons. The study guided the construction and testing of a focusing setup for laser-accelerated proton bunches with energies be...

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Published inCurrent directions in biomedical engineering Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 339 - 342
Main Authors Rösch, Thomas F., Hilz, Peter, Bin, Jianhui, Englbrecht, Franz, Gao, Ying, Haffa, Daniel, Hartmann, Jens, Herr, Sebastian, Lindner, Florian H., Speicher, Martin, Würl, Matthias, Parodi, Katia, Schreiber, Jörg
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published De Gruyter 01.09.2017
Subjects
ion optics
Laser-ion acceleration
permanent magnet quadrupoles
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Summary:We simulated a doublet of permanent magnet quadrupoles (PMQs) to estimate the sensitivity on positioning precision and its impact on the spectral properties of transported protons. The study guided the construction and testing of a focusing setup for laser-accelerated proton bunches with energies between 6 and 10 MeV. Our results shed light on possible applications that may arise from broad input particle spectra.
ISSN:2364-5504
2364-5504
DOI:10.1515/cdbme-2017-0069