What will it take for laser driven proton accelerators to be applied to tumor therapy?

Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Linz, Ute ^a   Alonso, Jose ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 34948879559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10984402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.10.094801     Document Type: Article

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