Design and Status of the ELIMED Beam Line for Laser-Driven Ion Beams

• Published in: Applied sciences Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 427 - 445
• Main Authors: Cirrone, G., Cuttone, Giacomo, Romano, Francesco, Schillaci, Francesco, Scuderi, Valentina, Amato, Antonino, Candiano, Giacomo, Costa, Michele, Gallo, Giuseppe, Larosa, Giuseppina, Korn, Georg, Leanza, Renata, Manna, Rosanna, Maggiore, Mario, Marchese, Valentina, Margarone, Daniele, Milluzzo, Giuliana, Petringa, Giada, Tramontana, Antonella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Accuracy; Charged particles; Collaboration; Dosimeters; Dosimetry; electromagnetic pulse; ELIMED beamline; Energy; Experiments; High power lasers; Ion beams; Laser beams; Laser plasma interactions; Laser target interactions; laser-driven ion; Lasers; magnetic transport elements; medical applications; Particle acceleration; Particle beams; Plasma interactions; Radiation; Sensors; Therapeutic applications; Italy

Charged particle acceleration using ultra-intense and ultra-short laser pulses has gathered a strong interest in the scientific community and it is now one of the most attractive topics in the relativistic laser-plasma interaction research. Indeed, it could represent the future of particle accelerat...