Desktop accelerators - Going up?

Ledingham, Kenneth (2006) Desktop accelerators - Going up? Nature Physics, 2 (1). pp. 11-12. ISSN 1745-2473

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Abstract

Treating cancer with beams of high-energy protons is just one of the exciting possibilities presented by the advent of laser-based particle accelerators. But how soon will these devices reach the performance levels needed for such applications, and how will these improvements be made?

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:31222
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 January 2006
    Published
    Keywords:cancer, oncology, laser-based particle accelerators, high-energy protons, high-energy quasi-monoenergetic electron beams , Physics, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer), Physics and Astronomy(all)
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Medicine > Internal medicine > Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:13 Jul 2011 08:55
    Last modified:20 Jan 2021 19:21
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/31222
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