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Nature Physics 2, 11 - 12 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys206
Subject Categories: Plasma physics | Optical physics
Desktop accelerators: Going up?
Ken Ledingham
- Ken Ledingham is in the Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Scotland. e-mail: K.Ledingham@phys.strath.ac.uk
Abstract
Treating cancer with beams of high-energy protons is just one of the exciting possibilities presented by the advent of laser-based particle accelerators. But how soon will these devices reach the performance levels needed for such applications, and how will these improvements be made?
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