1. Instrumentation for diagnostics and control of laser-accelerated proton (ion) beams
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F. Nuesslin, Paul R. Bolton, M. Tolley, David Carroll, D. Giove, Graeme Scott, Jan J. Wilkens, Brynmor E. Jones, S. Reinhardt, Ulrich Schramm, D. Kirby, P. Gallegos, V. Floquet, Markus Roth, Julien Fuchs, F. Fiorini, C. De Martinis, David Neely, Rajendra Prasad, James Green, Sargis Ter-Avetisyan, Paul McKenna, Stuart Green, Giorgio Turchetti, Marco Borghesi, Ceri Brenner, Alessandro Flacco, Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Department of Pure and Applied Physics [Belfast], Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Dipartimento di Fisica [Milano], Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Laboratoire d'optique appliquée (LOA), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University Hospital Birmingham, Department of Physics [Glasgow], University of Strathclyde [Glasgow], Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM), Technische Universität Darmstadt - Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Institute of Radiation Physics [Dresden], Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), and Department of Physics, University of Bologna
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medicine.medical_specialty ,SURFACE ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph] ,Biophysics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Scintillator ,Physics and Astronomy(all) ,PLATES ,law.invention ,Ion ,Proton beam ,Optics ,law ,TARGETS ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph] ,Dosimetry ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Medical physics ,Instrumentation (computer programming) ,Diagnostics ,DETECTOR ,QC ,Physics ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,SPECTROSCOPY ,Spectrometer ,business.industry ,Lasers ,Spectrum Analysis ,General Medicine ,Laser ,Metrology ,IRRADIATION ,Laser-acceleration ,Interferometry ,Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,MULTI-MEV ,RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,Particle Accelerators ,Protons ,business ,Beam (structure) ,SYSTEM ,GENERATION - Abstract
Suitable instrumentation for laser-accelerated proton (ion) beams is critical for development of integrated, laser-driven ion accelerator systems. Instrumentation aimed at beam diagnostics and control must be applied to the driving laser pulse, the laser-plasma that forms at the target and the emergent proton (ion) bunch in a correlated way to develop these novel accelerators. This report is a brief overview of established diagnostic techniques and new developments based on material presented at the first workshop on 'Instrumentation for Diagnostics and Control of Laser-accelerated Proton (Ion) Beams' in Abingdon, UK. It includes radiochromic film (RCF), image plates (IP), micro-channel plates (MCP), Thomson spectrometers, prompt inline scintillators, time and space-resolved interferometry (TASRI) and nuclear activation schemes. Repetition-rated instrumentation requirements for target metrology are also addressed. (C) 2013 Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- 2014
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