Simulation of Laser-Accelerated Proton Focusing and Diagnosis with a Permanent Magnet Quadrupole Triplet

Hironao SAKAKI; Mamiko NISHIUCHI; Toshihiko HORI; Paul R. BOLTON; Motonobu TAMPO; Akifumi YOGO; Kiminori KONDO; Shunichi KAWANISHI; Hiroshi IWASE; Koji NIITA

doi:10.1585/pfr.5.009

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Simulation of Laser-Accelerated Proton Focusing and Diagnosis with a Permanent Magnet Quadrupole Triplet

Hironao SAKAKI, Mamiko NISHIUCHI, Toshihiko HORI, Paul R. BOLTON, Motonobu TAMPO, Akifumi YOGO, Kiminori KONDO, Shunichi KAWANISHI, Hiroshi IWASE, Koji NIITA

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Hironao SAKAKI
Japan Atmic Energy Agency, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Mamiko NISHIUCHI
Japan Atmic Energy Agency, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Toshihiko HORI
Japan Atmic Energy Agency, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Paul R. BOLTON
Japan Atmic Energy Agency, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Motonobu TAMPO
Japan Atmic Energy Agency, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Akifumi YOGO
Japan Atmic Energy Agency, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Kiminori KONDO
Japan Atmic Energy Agency, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Shunichi KAWANISHI
Japan Atmic Energy Agency, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Hiroshi IWASE
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
Koji NIITA
Research Organization for Information Science and Technology, RIST, 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan

Keywords: laser-accelerated ion, transverse profile, CR-39, high energy hadron transport code

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2010 Volume 5 Pages 009

DOI https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.5.009

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Abstract

The Monte Carlo Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code (PHITS) was used for diagnosing the focusing and defocusing action of a triplet of permanent magnet quadrupoles on laser-accelerated proton bunches of short duration. The code predicts reasonably well the observed transverse beam profile as measured with a CR-39 track detector demonstrating that PHITS can be used to simulate proton bunch transport by conventional ion optics in the laser-driven case.

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