F. Hanton

TL;DR: This work presents a comparative investigation of cell killing RBE variations along monoenergetic and modulated proton beams using human normal and radioresistant cells with the aim to investigate the RBE dependence on LET and intrinsic radiosensitvity and highlights the limitation of adoption of a constant RBE for proton therapy.

TL;DR: Foci per cell per track values showed a good correlation between the laser and cyclotron-accelerated protons indicating similarity in the DNA DSB induction and repair, independent of the time duration over which the dose was delivered.

TL;DR: The calibration of Fuji BAS-TR image plate (IP) response to high energy carbon ions of different charge states is presented by employing an intense laser-driven ion source, which allowed access to carbon energies up to 270 MeV.

TL;DR: A modification to the standard Thomson parabola spectrometer is discussed, which is designed to measure high energy (tens of MeV/nucleon), broad bandwidth spectra of multi-species ions accelerated by intense laser plasma interactions, to implement a pair of extended, trapezoidal shaped electric plates.

TL;DR: In this article, a helical coil structure was used to control the divergence of broadband laser-driven proton beams by winding the supporting wire around the proton beam axis to create helical coils, which provided focussing and energy selection in addition to post-accelerating the transiting protons.