Laser-driven proton accelerator for medical application

Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Sakaki, Hironao; Hori, Toshihiko; Bolton, P.; Ogura, Koichi; Sagisaka, Akito; Yogo, Akifumi; Mori, Michiaki; Orimo, Satoshi; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Daito, Izuru; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Okada, Hajime; Kanazawa, Shuhei; Kondo, Shuji; Shimomura, Takuya; Tanoue, Manabu*; Nakai, Yoshiki*; Sasao, Hajime; Wakai, Daisuke*; Daido, Hiroyuki; Kondo, Kiminori; Soda, Hikaru*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Noda, Akira*; Iseki, Yasushi*; Nagafuchi, Teruyasu*; Maeda, Kazunao*; Hanawa, Katsushi*; Yoshiyuki, Takeshi*; Shirai, Toshiyuki*

The concept of a compact ion particle accelerator has become attractive in view of recent progress in laser-driven ion acceleration. We report here the recent progress in the laser-driven proton beam transport at the Photo Medical Research Center (PMRC) at JAEA, which is established to address the challenge of laser-driven ion accelerator development for ion beam cancer therapy.