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    1919== Summary for display in the program ==
    20 Laser-driven ion beams have significant potential for future applications in radiobiology and particle therapy, but their large divergence makes efficient capture and transport challenging. A Gabor lens offers a symmetric focusing solution using the electric field of a confined electron plasma. This contribution presents experimental progress at Swansea University in generating and stabilising the plasma required for such a lens, including improvements achieved using oscillating electric fields and a dimple potential. Complementary WarpX simulations support the development of a practical focusing system for applications such as LhARA.
     20The properties of laser-driven ion beams have significant potential to advance research in radiobiology and to provide new paradigms for proton and ion-beam therapy.  This contribution will present the LhARA initiative which seeks to provide transformative capability for the study of radiobiology and to advance particle-beam therapy by harnessing the unique properties of laser-driven proton and ion beams.
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    2222== Biographical information ==
    23 Calvin Dyson is a third-year PhD researcher at Imperial College London and a member of the LhARA (Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications) collaboration under the supervision of Professor Kenneth Long. His research spans several areas across LhARA, with a primary focus on understanding and modelling the experimental results from the Gabor lens testbench at Swansea University. This involves employing WarpX to investigate electron plasma confinement using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. His other contributions within the collaboration include beamline optimisation and characterisation for the PoPLaR experiment, as well as simulations and data analysis for ion-acoustic diagnostics. His research contributes to the development and characterisation of the focusing technologies and diagnostics required to realise LhARA's radiobiological applications.
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