• DocumentCode
    903128
  • Title

    Design of a Dedicated Heavy Ion Accelerator for Radiotherapy

  • Author

    Gough, R. ; Alonso, J. ; Elioff, T. ; Fugitt, J. ; Garren, A. ; Grunder, H.A. ; Lancaster, H. ; Sah, R. ; Sorensen, S. ; Staples, J. ; Yourd, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California Berkeley, CA 94720
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    3067
  • Lastpage
    3069
  • Abstract
    A new heavy ion accelerator facility for radiotherapy is being designed at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Performance requirements have been established. Ions from helium to argon can be accelerated to a maximum energy of 800 MeV/nucleon with intensities in the range 108-109 particles per second. The accelerator subsystems consist of a linac injector, a synchrotron and a beam delivery system. Specifications have been developed for many of the technical components, and some details of the technical design are presented.
  • Keywords
    Acceleration; Argon; Helium; Ion accelerators; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Particle accelerators; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Synchrotrons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1983.4336572
  • Filename
    4336572
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=903128