LhARA: The Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications
Galen Aymar, Tobias Becker, Stewart Boogert, M. Borghesi, Robert Bingham, C. M. Brenner, Philip Burrows, O. C. Ettlinger, Titus Dascalu, S. M. Gibson, T. Greenshaw, Sylvia Gruber, Dorothy M. Gujral, Claire Hardiman, Jonathan R. Hughes, W.G. Jones, K.J. Kirkby, A. Kurup, Jean-Baptiste Lagrange, K. Long, Wayne Luk, J. Matheson, P. McKenna, Ruth McLauchlan, Z. Najmudin, Hin Tung Lau, Jason L. Parsons, J. Pasternak, J. Pozimski, Kevin M. Prise, Monika Puchalska, P. N. Ratoff, Giuseppe Schettino, William Shields, S. L. Smith, J. W. G. Thomason, Stephen Towe, P. Weightman, C. G. Whyte, Rachel Xiao
Abstract
Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications alternating-gradient accelerator (FFA). This will allow experiments to be carried out in vitro and in vivo with proton beam energies of up to 127 MeV. In addition, ion beams with energies up to 33.4 MeV per nucleon will be available for in vitro and in vivo experiments. This paper presents the conceptual design for LhARA and the R&D programme by which the LhARA consortium seeks to establish the facility.