IPAC'24 - 15th International Particle Accelerator Conference

Development of novel magnetically-focussed minibeams for in vivo and in vitro end stations for Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications

SUPG028

19 May 2024, 14:00

4h

Bluegrass (MCC Exhibit Hall A)

Student Poster Presentation MC5.D11 Code Developments and Simulation Techniques Student Poster Session

Speaker

Rehanah Razak (Imperial College London)

Description

Radiotherapy is an effective, non-invasive, widely used treatment for cancerous tumours that uses x-ray photon, electron and ion beam sources. The Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications (LhARA) is a novel laser-driven accelerator system under development that aims to prove the principle of the laser-driven approach to Particle Beam Therapy (PBT). This study aims at the development of a novel system to deliver different light ion minibeams to the in vivo and in vitro end stations. The desired minibeams will be delivered by magnetically focusing and steering the incoming proton and light ion beams, without the use of collimators. Minibeams with a diameter of approximately 1 mm spot will be delivered at an energy of 15 MeV to the in vivo and in vitro end stations. An update on the status of the development of this magnetic focusing technique will be presented here.