13–19 Sept 2015
La Biodola, Isola d'Elba
Europe/Rome timezone

The ELIMED transport and dosimetry beamline for laser-driven ion beams

16 Sept 2015, 18:55
15m
SB1 Sala Bonaparte 1 (Hotel Hermitage)

SB1 Sala Bonaparte 1

Hotel Hermitage

talk WG2 - Ion beams from plasmas WG2 - Ion beams from plasmas

Speaker

Francesco Romano (LNS)

Description

Nowadays the innovative particle acceleration technique based on laser-target interaction, represents a promising alternative to the conventional one. Nevertheless the peculiarities of the laser-accelerated ion beams, as the broad energy and angular distribution and the low reproducibility make necessary the development of dedicated non-conventional transport devices in order to obtain suitable beams for multidisciplinary applications, such as the hadrontherapy. At this aim, a contract has been signed between the INFN-LNS and Eli-Beamlines and provides the realization of a whole beamline, named ELIMED, completely dedicated to the transport, the diagnostic and the dosimetry of laser driven ion beams. The transport devices will be composed of a set of permanent quadrupoles, located few cm downstream the target, and able to collect, focus and pre-select in energy laser driven beams up to 60 MeV/u , and an energy selector system made of conventional resistive magnets. Anyway the in-air section consists of an ionization chamber, of a SEM detector and of an innovative Faraday Cup, accurately designed to optimize the dose measurement of high-pulsed ion beams. The detailed description of the whole ELIMED beamline, which will be installed in Prague within the 2017, will be reported.

Primary author

Francesco Romano (LNS)

Co-authors

Dr Antonella Tramontana (INFN-LNS, Via S. Sofia 62-951245 Catania, Italy) Dr Daniele Margarone (nstitute of Physics ASCR,v.v.i.(FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2,18221 Prague, Czech Republic) Dr Francesco Schillaci (INFN-LNS, Via S. Sofia 62-951245 Catania, Italy) Dr Georg Korn (Institute of Physics ASCR,v.v.i.(FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2,18221 Prague, Czech Republic) Dr Giacomo Candiano (INFN-LNS, Via S.Sofia 62, 95125 Catania,Italy) Dr Giacomo Cuttone (INFN-LNS, Via S.Sofia 62, 95125 Catania,Italy) Mr Giada Petringa (INFN-LNS, Via S. Sofia 62- 95125 Catania, Italy) Giuliana Giuseppina Milluzzo (LNS) Dr Giuseppe Cirrone (INFN-LNS, Via S.Sofia 62, 95125 Catania,Italy) Dr Renata Leanza (INFN-LNS, Via S.Sofia 62-95125 Catania,Italy) Dr Rosanna Manna (INFN-LNS, Via S.Sofia 62-95125 Catania,Italy) Dr Valentina Marchese (INFN-LNS, Via S.Sofia 62-95125 Catania,Italy) Dr Valentina Scuderi (INFN-LNS, Via S.Sofia 62-95125 Catania,Italy and Institute of Physics ASCR,v.v.i.(FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2,18221 Prague, Czech Republic)

Presentation materials