Focused beam dosimetry of short VHEE bunches

Brunetti, Enrico and Maitrallain, Antoine and Jaroszynski, Dino A.; Jaroszynski, Dino A. and Hur, MinSup, eds. (2021) Focused beam dosimetry of short VHEE bunches. In: Relativistic Plasma Waves and Particle Beams as Coherent and Incoherent Radiation Sources IV. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering . SPIE, Washington, USA. ISBN 9781510643918 (https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595299)

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Abstract

Accelerators driven by 10s TW-class lasers can produce electron bunches with femtosecond-scale duration and energy of 100s of MeV. A potential application of such short bunches is high-dose rate radiotherapy, which could transition to FLASH radiotherapy if a sufficiently large dose is delivered in a single shot. Here we present Monte Carlo simulations to study the bunch length evolution of an electron beam propagating in a water phantom. We show that for electron energies above 100 MeV the bunch lengthens to 1--10 ps duration after interaction with a 30 cm long water phantom, both for a collimated and weakly focused geometry. The corresponding dose rates are on the order of 200 Gy/s per primary electron, much higher than in conventional radiotherapy.

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Brunetti, Enrico ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-9762, Maitrallain, Antoine and Jaroszynski, Dino A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-5492; Jaroszynski, Dino A. and Hur, MinSup
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:79001
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    18 April 2021
    Published
    17 February 2021
    Accepted
    Notes:Copyright 2021 Society of Photo‑Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this publication for a fee or for commercial purposes, and modification of the contents of the publication are prohibited.
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Science and Technology
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:20 Dec 2021 14:39
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 15:24
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/79001
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