First application studies at the laser-driven LIGHT beamline: Improving proton beam homogeneity and imaging of a solid target


First application studies at the laser-driven LIGHT beamline: Improving proton beam homogeneity and imaging of a solid target

Jahn, D.; Schumacher, D.; Brabetz, C.; Ding, J.; Weih, S.; Kroll, F.; Brack, F.-E.; Schramm, U.; Blažević, A.; Roth, M.

In the last two decades, the generation of intense ion beams based on laser-driven sources has become an extensively investigated field. The LIGHT collaboration combines a laser-driven intense ion source with conventional accelerator technology based on the expertise of laser, plasma and accelerator physicists. Our collaboration has installed a laser-driven multi-MeV ion beamline at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung delivering intense proton bunches in the subnanosecond regime. We investigate possible applications for this beamline, especially in this report we focus on the imaging capabilities. We report on our proton beam homogenization and on first imaging results of a solid target.

Keywords: Laser-driven ion acceleration; Laser-driven proton beam homogeneity; Proton imaging; LIGHT collaboration

  • Open Access Logo Contribution to proceedings
    3rd European Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, 24.-28.09.2017, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, Italien
    3rd European Advanced Accelerator Concepts workshop (EAAC2017)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.02.026
    Cited 13 times in Scopus

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