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@INPROCEEDINGS{Li:643394,
author = {Li, Xiangkun and Amirkhanyan, Zohrab Gevorg and Aminzadeh
Gohari, Sepideh and Grebinyk, Anna and Good, James David and
Komar, Yuliia and Gross, Matthias and Krasilnikov, Mikhail
and Mueller, Frieder and Oppelt, Anne and Richard,
Christopher James and Riemer, Felix and Tarakci, Elif and
Vashchenko, Grygorii and Villani, Daniel},
title = {{G}enerating {H}omogeneous {A}nd {S}patially {F}ractionated
{R}adiation {F}ields {B}y {E}lectron {B}eam {S}canning},
reportid = {PUBDB-2026-00178},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Background and AimsThe upgraded $R\&D$ platform for
electron FLASH radiation therapy – FLASHlab@PITZ, is under
commissioning at the photoinjector test facility at DESY in
Zeuthen (PITZ). One major purpose of the new beamline is to
demonstrate the performance of a sweeping system, which
scans the electron beams within one RF pulse (≤1 ms, 1-10
Hz) across the transverse plane and produces both
homogeneous and spatially fractionated radiation fields at
the dose rate of >106 Gy/s.MethodsIn the new beamline, an
achromatic dogleg section has been installed to direct the
electron beams to the experimental area with preserved high
beam quality, followed by quadrupole magnets to focus and
shape the beam distribution, and a sweeping system to scan
the beam in the transverse plane. By adjusting the size of
and distance between the electron beams, homogeneous or
spatially fractionated dose distributions can be produced.
The distribution of scanned electron beams and the resulting
dose distribution are measured.ResultsThe electron beam
generated by the photoinjector is transported to the
experimental area with a tunable beam size. By applying the
high voltage of the kicker, the electron beam can be kicked
vertically. By tuning the beam size, the kicker strength and
the distance between the exit window and the measurement
station, the peak-to-valley dose ratio (PVDR) of the
produced radiation field is adjusted, including a uniform
dose distribution. The results from start-to-end simulations
and from measurements, including the potential dose and dose
rate parameter space from the new beamline, will be
presented.ConclusionThe electron beam scanning technique
demonstrated at FLASHlab@PITZ enables the generation of
arbitrary radiation fields at ultra-high dose rates.
Combined with its highly flexible dose and dose rate
parameters, this approach paves the way for investigating
the FLASH radiation effects in relation to the spatial and
temporal distribution of delivered dose.},
month = {Dec},
date = {2025-12-10},
organization = {5th FLASH Radiotherapy $\&$ Particle
Therapy, Prague (Czech Republic), 10
Dec 2025 - 12 Dec 2025},
cin = {$Z_PITZ$},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)Z_PITZ-20210408$},
pnm = {621 - Accelerator Research and Development (POF4-621)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-621},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)PITZ-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/643394},
}