Ion acceleration driven by superintense laser pulses is attracting an impressive and steadily
increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective …

Background— The optimal duration of dual-antiplatelet therapy and the risk-benefit ratio for
long-term dual-antiplatelet therapy after coronary stenting remain poorly defined. We …

The acceleration of high-energy ion beams (up to several tens of mega-electron-volts per
nucleon) following the interaction of short (t < 1 ps) and intense (I λ 2 > 10 18 Wcm -2 μm -2 ) …

Context Prostate biopsy (PB) represents the gold standard method to confirm the presence
of cancer. In addition to traditional random or systematic approaches, a magnetic resonance …

Background Serum levels of neutrophils, platelets, and lymphocytes have been recognized
as factors related to poor prognosis for many solid tumors, including bladder cancer (BC). …

An intense laser-plasma interaction regime of the generation of high density ultrashort
relativistic ion beams is suggested. When the radiation pressure is dominant, the laser …

The past few years have seen remarkable progress in the development of laser-based particle
accelerators. The ability to produce ultrabright beams of multi-megaelectronvolt protons …

Due to their particular properties, the beams of the multi-MeV protons generated during the
interaction of ultraintense (I>10 19 W/cm 2 ) short pulses with thin solid targets are most …

We present a technique for simultaneous focusing and energy selection of high-current,
mega–electron volt proton beams with the use of radial, transient electric fields (10 7 to 10 10 …

The acceleration of multi-MeV protons from the rear surface of thin solid foils irradiated by
an intense (∼ 10 18 W/cm 2) and short (∼ 1.5 ps) laser pulse has been investigated using …