The CONFORM project: Construction of a nonscaling FFAG and its applications

Author

Barlow, Roger John ; Pozimski, Jurgen Klaus ; Peach, Ken ; Bliss, Neil ; Marks, Neil ; Owen, Hywel ; Poole, Michael W. ; Edgecock, Thomas Robert

Author_Institution

Univ. of Manchester, Manchester

fYear

2007

fDate

25-29 June 2007

Firstpage

2886

Lastpage

2888

Abstract

The CONFORM project, recently funded as part of the UK ´Basic Technology´ initiative, will build a 20 MeV Non-Scaling FFAG (EMMA) at Daresbury. The experience gained will be used for the design of a proton machine (PAMELA) for medical research, and other applications for Non-Scaling FFAGs in different regimes will be explored. The successful development of this type of accelerator will provide many opportunities for increased exploitation, especially for hadron therapy for treatment of tumours, and the project provides a framework where machine builders will work with potential user communities to maximise the synergies and help this to happen successfully.

Keywords

cyclic accelerators; proton accelerators; radiation therapy; tumours; CONFORM project; PAMELA; electron volt energy 20 MeV; fixed field alternating gradient accelerator; hadron therapy; nonscaling FFAG; proton machine; tumour treatment; Acceleration; Costs; Cyclotrons; Laboratories; Magnets; Medical treatment; Particle accelerators; Proton accelerators; Radio frequency; Tumors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0916-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2007.4440609

Filename

4440609