Ultra-low emittance, high current proton beams produced with a laser-virtual cathode sheath accelerator

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 544, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 277-284

  Cowan, T E ^a,i   Fuchs, J ^a,b,i   Ruhl, H ^a,i   Sentoku, Y ^a,i   Kemp, A ^a,i   Audebert, P ^b   Roth, M ^c   Stephens, R ^a   Barton, I ^a   Blazevic, A ^c   Brambrink, E ^c   Cobble, J ^d   Fernandez J C ^d   Gauthier, J C ^b   Geissel, M ^c   Hegelich, M ^e   Kaae, J ^a   Karsch, S ^e   Le Sage, G P ^f   Letzring, S ^d   Manclossi, M ^g   Meyroneinc, S ^h   Newkirk, A ^a   Pepin H ^b   Renard Legalloudec, N ⁱ   more..

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^h Ctr de Protontherapie d'Orsay   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

High current proton beams

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ION BEAMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MONOCHROMATORS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

HIGH CURRENT PROTON BEAMS; ION BEAM SOURCES; LONGITUDINAL EMITTANCE; MAGNETIC STRIPPING; PROTON ENERGY;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 20844456067     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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