Ion-atom collision data for fusion energy, hadron therapy and astrophysics

该项目旨在将实验和理论工作结合起来，以产生开发和维护聚变反应堆、癌症强子治疗计划和模拟天体物理现象所需的准确数据。强子疗法已经在全球成功应用了十多年，澳大利亚第一个这样的设施--布拉格质子疗法中心--目前正在建设中。聚变反应堆是丰富的绿色能源的来源。它们的建设和基础技术正在取得巨大进步。目前，对于上述应用，迫切需要关于离子束与原子和分子碰撞的准确数据。本项目旨在满足这一需求。

This project aims to combine experimental and theoretical efforts to generate accurate data required for the development and maintenance of fusion reactors, treatment planning in hadron therapy of cancerous tumours, and modelling astrophysical phenomena. Hadron therapy has been used successfully worldwide for over a decade with Australia’s first such facility, the Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy, currently under construction. Fusion reactors are a source of abundant green energy. Immense progress is being made in their construction and underlying technology. Currently, there is an urgent demand for accurate data on ion-beam collisions with atoms and molecules for the aforementioned applications. This project intends to meet this demand.