Time of flight based diagnostics for high energy laser driven ion beams

Scuderi, V. and Milluzzo, G. and Alejo, A and Amico, A. G. and Booth, N. and Cirrone, G. A.P. and Doria, D. and Green, J. and Kar, S. and Larosa, G. and Leanza, R. and Margarone, D. and McKenna, Paul and Padda, H. and Petringa, G. and Pipek, J. and Romagnani, L. and Romano, F. and Schillaci, F. and Borghesi, M. and Cuttone, G. and Korn, G. (2017) Time of flight based diagnostics for high energy laser driven ion beams. Journal of Instrumentation, 12 (3). C03086. ISSN 1748-0221 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/C03086)

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Abstract

Nowadays the innovative high power laser-based ion acceleration technique is one of the most interesting challenges in particle acceleration field, showing attractive characteristics for future multidisciplinary applications, including medical ones. Nevertheless, peculiarities of optically accelerated ion beams make mandatory the development of proper transport, selection and diagnostics devices in order to deliver stable and controlled ion beams for multidisciplinary applications. This is the main purpose of the ELIMAIA (ELI Multidisciplinary Applications of laser-Ion Acceleration) beamline that will be realized and installed within 2018 at the ELI-Beamlines research center in the Czech Republic, where laser driven high energy ions, up to 60 MeV/n, will be available for users. In particular, a crucial role will be played by the on-line diagnostics system, recently developed in collaboration with INFN-LNS (Italy), consisting of TOF detectors, placed along the beamline (at different detection distances) to provide online monitoring of key characteristics of delivered beams, such as energy, fluence and ion species. In this contribution an overview on the ELIMAIA available ion diagnostics will be briefly given along with the preliminary results obtained during a test performed with high energy laser-driven proton beams accelerated at the VULCAN PW-laser available at RAL facility (U.K.).

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:61652
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    28 March 2017
    Published
    2 March 2017
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:29 Aug 2017 09:27
    Last modified:18 Apr 2024 00:20
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/61652
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