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Laser-based ion sources for medical applications

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Interaction of relativistic short laser pulses with thin foils is studied by using 3D PIC simulations in the context of ICAN’s “dream laser”. It is shown that such a laser will make it possible to accelerate protons and deuterons to multi-MeV energies with a current density of 100 A/cm2. The laser-triggered hadron beams may trigger nuclear reactions of interest for nuclear medicine and pharmacy. As an example, the yields C-11 for PET, of Tc-99m for SPECT, and neutrons for therapy have been analyzed.

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  1. P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    V. Yu. Bychenkov & A. V. Brantov

  2. Center for Fundamental & Applied Research, VNIIA, ROSATOM, 127055, Moscow, Russia

    V. Yu. Bychenkov & A. V. Brantov

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Bychenkov, V.Y., Brantov, A.V. Laser-based ion sources for medical applications. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 224, 2621–2624 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2015-02573-9

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