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LhARA is multidisciplinary collaboration that is embarking on an initiative to use laser-driven ions in a hybrid acceleration scheme with a fixed-field alternating gradient (FFA) accelerator to deliver a systematic radiation biology programme and lay the technological foundations for the transformation of proton and ion beam therapy. LhARA is in an R&D phase of activity that is overseeing the development of a number of accelerator technologies to support our initiative, as well as conducting experiments in the Proof-of-Principle for LhARA and Radiobiology (PoPLaR) programme that is examining the effect of laser-driven ions on biological tissue samples. Here, we present a summary of the most recent updates from the LhARA collaboration, including Gabor plasma lenses for beam capture and focusing, magnetic beam delivery schemes for variably-sized, transversely uniform beam profiles, the FFA in LhARA’s second stage to reach clinically relevant ion energies, and an overview of the PoPLaR experiment.
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