@inproceedings{fc38ce9fc6b9448b942c504d0ae4bb7f,
title = "Laser-driven helium ion acceleration for hadron therapy",
abstract = "Laser acceleration of helium ions from near-critical density targets is studied as an ion source for hadron therapy of oncological diseases. Helium ions are considered a promising candidate for therapy due to higher precision in dose deposition and possibly higher Relative Biological Effectiveness. The feasibility of using PW-class lasers to produce 250 MeV per nucleon helium ion beams that meet the hadron therapy requirements is discussed. The relative effectiveness of laser acceleration of He3 and He4 ions is studied.",
author = "Bulanov, \{S. S.\} and E. Esarey and Schroeder, \{C. B.\} and Leemans, \{W. P.\} and Bulanov, \{S. V.\} and D. Margarone and G. Korn and T. Haberer",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1063/1.4965676",
language = "English",
volume = "1777",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
editor = "Hogan, \{Mark J.\}",
booktitle = "Advanced Accelerator Concepts 2014: 16th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop: Proceedings",
edition = "1",
note = "16th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, AAC 2014 ; Conference date: 13-07-2014 Through 18-07-2014",
}