Seminars

A laser-hybrid approach to the delivery of ion beams for biomedical applications

Name: A laser-hybrid approach to the delivery of ion beams for biomedical applications
Start: 2026-01-14T11:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-14T12:30:00+00:00
Location: R61 CR03 (RAL)

by Ken Long (STFC, RAL, PPD)

Wednesday 14 Jan 2026, 11:30 → 12:30 Europe/London

R61 CR03 (RAL)

Description

The ‘Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications’, LhARA, will be a novel, uniquely-flexible facility dedicated to the study of the biological impact of proton and ion beams. It is the flagship project of the LhARA collaboration’s initiative to develop a laser-driven facility that could transform the clinical practice of proton and ion beam therapy (PBT). The collaboration’s ambition is to create a fully automated, highly flexible laser-driven system to:
• Deliver multi-ion PBT in completely new regimens at ultra-high dose rate in novel temporal-, spatial- and spectral fractionation schemes; and
• Make PBT widely available by integrating dose-deposition imaging with real-time treatment planning in an automatic, triggerable system.
The status of the project will be described along with the collaboration’s vision for the development of a transformative proton-and ion-beam system.