EuPRAXIA Seminar with focus on application of compact laser-driven accelerators
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The next seminar in the series will take place on Friday 9th January at 11am UK time. Dr Luca Labate of The National Institute of Optics (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR-INO), Pisa, will present his seminar, An Application of Compact Laser-Driven Accelerators: Toward Novel Approaches to Radiotherapy.
You can see an introduction to Dr Labate and his work here.
About the talk
Electron accelerators based on the Laser Wakefield Acceleration process in a plasma are now at a sufficient mature technology stage to be considered for a wealth of applications in diverse fields. Among these, the possibility of employing compact laser-driven accelerators (LDAs) of electrons in the so-called Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) energy range to drive novel concept radiotherapy devices is sparking a lot of attention, as it offers the route to advanced and more effective radiotherapy modalities than those employed nowadays.
Here, we provide an overview of recent experiments in laser-driven electron acceleration specifically focused to VHEE applications in medicine, highlighting what makes LDAs different from other accelerators used in radiotherapy, as well as the perspectives for a translation to the clinical practice over the medium term. The potential for novel approaches to radiotherapy based on the specificity of laser-driven VHEE beams will be touched upon briefly.
About the speaker
Dr Luca Labate is a senior staff scientist at the National Institute of Optics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), working in the Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory (ILIL) group. Since his PhD studies, he has worked in the field of laser-plasma interaction. His research interests include ultrashort laser physics, laser-driven particle acceleration and secondary X/gamma-ray sources, and medical applications of laser-driven particle and photon beams.
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