TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser-accelerated ion beam diagnostics with TOF detectors for the ELIMED beam line
AU - Milluzzo, G.
AU - Scuderi, V.
AU - Amico, A. G.
AU - Borghesi, M.
AU - Cirrone, G A P
AU - Cuttone, G.
AU - Napoli, M. De
AU - Doria, D.
AU - Dostal, J.
AU - Larosa, G.
AU - Leanza, R.
AU - Margarone, D.
AU - Petringa, G.
AU - Pipek, J.
AU - Romagnani, L.
AU - Romano, F
AU - Schillaci, F.
AU - Velyhan, A.
PY - 2017/2/8
Y1 - 2017/2/8
N2 - Laser-accelerated ion beams could represent the future of particle acceleration in several multidisciplinary applications, as for instance medical physics, hadrontherapy and imaging field, being a concrete alternative to old paradigm of acceleration, characterized by huge and complex machines. In this framework, following on from the ELIMED collaboration, launched in 2012 between INFN-LNS and ELI-Beamlines, in 2014 a three-years contract has been signed between the two institutions for the design and the development of a complete transport beam-line for high-energy ion beams (up to 60 MeV) coupled with innovative diagnostics and in-air dosimetry devices. The beam-line will be installed at the ELI-Beamlines facility and will be available for users. The measurement of the beam characteristics, such as energy spectra, angular distributions and dose-rate is mandatory to optimize the transport as well as the beam delivery at the irradiation point. In order to achieve this purpose, the development of appropriate on-line diagnostics devices capable to detect high-pulsed beams with high accuracy, represents a crucial point in the ELIMED beamline development. The diagnostics solution, based on the use of silicon carbide (SiC) and diamond detectors using TOF technique, will be presented together with the preliminary results obtained with laser-accelerated proton beams.
AB - Laser-accelerated ion beams could represent the future of particle acceleration in several multidisciplinary applications, as for instance medical physics, hadrontherapy and imaging field, being a concrete alternative to old paradigm of acceleration, characterized by huge and complex machines. In this framework, following on from the ELIMED collaboration, launched in 2012 between INFN-LNS and ELI-Beamlines, in 2014 a three-years contract has been signed between the two institutions for the design and the development of a complete transport beam-line for high-energy ion beams (up to 60 MeV) coupled with innovative diagnostics and in-air dosimetry devices. The beam-line will be installed at the ELI-Beamlines facility and will be available for users. The measurement of the beam characteristics, such as energy spectra, angular distributions and dose-rate is mandatory to optimize the transport as well as the beam delivery at the irradiation point. In order to achieve this purpose, the development of appropriate on-line diagnostics devices capable to detect high-pulsed beams with high accuracy, represents a crucial point in the ELIMED beamline development. The diagnostics solution, based on the use of silicon carbide (SiC) and diamond detectors using TOF technique, will be presented together with the preliminary results obtained with laser-accelerated proton beams.
KW - Accelerator Applications
KW - Diamond Detectors
KW - Instrumentation and methods for timeof-flight (TOF) spectroscopy
KW - Wake-field acceleration (laser-driven, electron-driven)
U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/12/02/C02025
DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/12/02/C02025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85014784437
SN - 1748-0221
VL - 12
JO - Journal of Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Instrumentation
IS - 2
M1 - C02025
ER -