@inproceedings{LiAmirkhanyanAftabetal.2024, author = {Li, Xiangkun and Amirkhanyan, Zohrab and Aftab, Namra and Boonpornprasert, Prach and Dmytriiev, Dmytro and Frohme, Marcus and Georgiev, Georgi and Grebinyk, Anna and Gross, Matthias and Hoffmann, Andreas and Komar, Yuliia and Krasilnikov, Mikhail and Loisch, Gregor and Oppelt, Anne and Richard, Christopher and Riemer, F. and Philipp, Sebastian and Schmitz, Michael and M{\"u}ller, Frieder and Obier, Frank and Vashchenko, Grygorii and Worm, Steven and Stephan, Frank}, title = {Overview of FLASHlab@PITZ: the new R\&D platform for FLASH radiation therapy and radiation biology}, series = {Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 2687, Applications of Accelerators, Technology Transfer and Industrial Relations and Outreach}, volume = {2687}, booktitle = {Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 2687, Applications of Accelerators, Technology Transfer and Industrial Relations and Outreach}, publisher = {Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP)}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-18474}, year = {2024}, abstract = {An R\&D platform for electron FLASH radiation therapy and radiation biology is being prepared at the Photo Injector Test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (FLASHlab@PITZ). This platform is based on the unique beam parameters available at PITZ: ps scale electron bunches of up to 22 MeV with up to 5 nC bunch charge at MHz bunch repetition rate in bunch trains of up to 1 ms in length repeating at 1 to 10 Hz. It works together with the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (TH Wildau) as partner in close vicinity for the biological resources. A startup beamline has been installed to allow dosimetry studies and irradiation experiments on chemical, biochemical and biological samples after a 60-degree dispersive arm. The measured dose and dose rates under different beam conditions and first experimental results will be reported in this paper. In addition, a dedicated beamline for FLASHlab@PITZhas been designed for better control of the high brightness electron beams. This includes a dogleg to translate the beam and a 2D kicker system to scan the tiny beam focused by quadrupoles across the samples within less than 1 ms. Simulation studies will be presented to demonstrate the extremely flexible dose parameters with various irradiation options for electron FLASH radiation therapy and radiation biology studies.}, language = {en} }