Laser-plasma based accelerators of protons and heavier ions are a source of potential interest for several applications, including in the biomedical area. While the potential future use in cancer hadrontherapy acts as a strong aspirational motivation for this research field, radiobiology employing laser-driven ion bursts is already an active field of research. Here we give a summary of the state of the art in laser-driven ion acceleration, of the main challenges currently faced by the research in this field and of some of the current and future strategies for overcoming them.
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Borghesi, M., & Macchi, A. (2016). Laser-Driven Ion Accelerators: State of the Art and Applications (pp. 221–247). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31563-8_10
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