https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2015-02573-9
Regular Article
Laser-based ion sources for medical applications
1 P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
2 Center for Fundamental & Applied Research, VNIIA, ROSATOM, 127055 Moscow, Russia
a e-mail: bychenk@lebedev.ru
Received: 27 June 2014
Revised: 31 August 2015
Published online: 26 October 2015
Interaction of relativistic short laser pulses with thin foils is studied by using 3D PIC simulations in the context of ICAN's “dream laser”. It is shown that such a laser will make it possible to accelerate protons and deuterons to multi-MeV energies with a current density of 100 A/cm2. The laser-triggered hadron beams may trigger nuclear reactions of interest for nuclear medicine and pharmacy. As an example, the yields C-11 for PET, of Tc-99m for SPECT, and neutrons for therapy have been analyzed.
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