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Milluzzo G, Scuderi V, Alejo A, Amico AG, Booth N, Borghesi M, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Doria D, Green J, Kar S, Korn G, Larosa G, Leanza R, Margarone D, Martin P, McKenna P, Petringa G, Pipek J, Romagnani L, Romano F, Russo A, Schillaci F. A new energy spectrum reconstruction method for time-of-flight diagnostics of high-energy laser-driven protons. Rev Sci Instrum 2019; 90:083303. [PMID: 31472608 DOI: 10.1063/1.5082746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The Time-of-Flight (TOF) technique coupled with semiconductorlike detectors, as silicon carbide and diamond, is one of the most promising diagnostic methods for high-energy, high repetition rate, laser-accelerated ions allowing a full on-line beam spectral characterization. A new analysis method for reconstructing the energy spectrum of high-energy laser-driven ion beams from TOF signals is hereby presented and discussed. The proposed method takes into account the detector's working principle, through the accurate calculation of the energy loss in the detector active layer, using Monte Carlo simulations. The analysis method was validated against well-established diagnostics, such as the Thomson parabola spectrometer, during an experimental campaign carried out at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) with the high-energy laser-driven protons accelerated by the VULCAN Petawatt laser.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Milluzzo
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i. (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i. (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S Sofia 64, Catania 95123, Italy
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Milluzzo G, Pipek J, Amico AG, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Korn G, Larosa G, Leanza R, Margarone D, Petringa G, Russo A, Schillaci F, Scuderi V, Romano F. Transversal dose distribution optimization for laser-accelerated proton beam medical applications by means of Geant4. Phys Med 2018; 54:166-172. [PMID: 30076107 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The main purpose of this paper is to quantitatively study the possibility of delivering dose distributions of clinical relevance with laser-driven proton beams. A Monte Carlo application has been developed with the Geant4 toolkit, simulating the ELIMED (MEDical and multidisciplinary application at ELI-Beamlines) transport and dosimetry beam line which is being currently installed at the ELI-Beamlines in Prague (CZ). The beam line will be used to perform irradiations for multidisciplinary studies, with the purpose of demonstrating the possible use of optically accelerated ion beams for therapeutic purposes. The ELIMED Geant4-based application, already validated against reference transport codes, accurately simulates each single element of the beam line, necessary to collect the accelerated beams and to select them in energy. Transversal dose distributions at the irradiation point have been studied and optimized to try to quantitatively answer the question if such kind of beam lines, and specifically the systems developed for ELIMED in Prague, will be actually able to transport ion beams not only for multidisciplinary applications, such as pitcher-catcher nuclear reactions (e.g. neutrons), PIXE analysis for cultural heritage and space radiation, but also for delivering dose patterns of clinical relevance in a future perspective of possible medical applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Milluzzo
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy; School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom; Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy; Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy; Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy; Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- National Physical Laboratory, CMES - Medical Radiation Science Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW UK; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy.
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