Particle therapies are becoming increasingly available clinically due to their beneficial
energy deposition profile, sparing healthy tissues. This may be further promoted with ultra …

Featured Application We report on new accelerator technology that has applications in
FLASH radiation therapy. FLASH radiation therapy may have profound implications in …

Laser-plasma acceleration of protons offers a compact, ultra-fast alternative to conventional
acceleration techniques, and is being widely pursued for potential applications in medicine …

The new capabilities of the short focal length, high intensity beamline, named iP2, at the
BELLA Center will extend the reach of research in high energy density science, including …

Owing to their ultra-high accelerating gradients, combined with injection inside micrometer-
scale accelerating wakefield buckets, plasma-based accelerators hold great potential to …

Studies in multiple animal species have shown that ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) irradiations
improve normal tissue sparing while providing equivalent tumor control compared to …

Defect engineering is foundational to classical electronic device development and for
emerging quantum devices. Here, we report on defect engineering of silicon with ion pulses …

Particle-induced x-ray emission (PIXE) is a well-established ion-beam analysis technique,
enabling quantitative measurement of the elemental composition of a sample surface under …

Laser plasma accelerators (LPAs) enable the generation of intense and short proton
bunches on a micrometre scale, thus offering new experimental capabilities to research …

We present the development of a flexible tape-drive target system to generate and control
secondary high-intensity laser-plasma sources. Its adjustable design permits the generation …