Tandem-ESQ for Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (AB-BNCT)

Journal Article · Sun Feb 11 23:00:00 EST 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2710584· OSTI ID:21054819

Kreiner, A J ^[1]; CONICET, ^[2]; Kwan, J W; Henestroza, E ^[3]; Burlon, A A; Di Paolo, H; Minsky, D; Debray, M ^[4]; Valda, A; Somacal, H R ^[5]

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1. Departamento de Fisica, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (Argentina)
2. Argentina
3. Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
4. Departamento de Fisica, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, (Argentina)
5. Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad de Gral San Martin (Argentina)

A folded tandem, with 1.25 MV terminal voltage, combined with an ElectroStatic Quadrupole (ESQ) chain is being proposed as a machine for Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (AB-BNCT). The machine is shown to be capable of accelerating a 30 mA proton beam to 2.5 MeV. These are the specifications needed to produce sufficiently intense and clean epithermal neutron beams, based on the on the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction, to perform BNCT treatment for deep seated tumors in less than an hour.

• OSTI ID: 21054819
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 884; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
BEAM PRODUCTION
BERYLLIUM 7
ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS
EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS
LITHIUM 7
MEV RANGE
MILLI AMP BEAM CURRENTS
NEOPLASMS
NEUTRON BEAMS
NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
PROTON BEAMS
PROTON REACTIONS
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
QUADRUPOLES
SPECIFICATIONS