Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Ions in a Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotron

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1061817· OSTI ID:1061817
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
The Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotron (RCMS) was originally designed for therapeutic irradiation of tumors with protons. In contrast, this preliminary paper explores a design variant of the RCMS – the iRCMS – that is optimized for delivering ions with Z/A ≈ 0.5 for therapy, biology, or physics.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1061817
Report Number(s):
BNL--99376-2013-IR; C-A/AP/#226; KB0202011
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

THE RAPID CYCLING MEDICAL SYNCHROTRON RCMS.
Conference · Sun Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2002 · OSTI ID:914493

Pre-conceptual Design of a Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotron
Technical Report · Wed Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 1999 · OSTI ID:1061602

BEAM DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS IN THE RAPID CYCLING MEDICAL SYNCHROTRON.
Conference · Mon Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2002 · OSTI ID:804611