Design of a dedicated heavy ion accelerator for radiotherapy

Conference · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6302236

Gough, R; Alonso, J; Elioff, T

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 10/sup 8/ to 10/sup 9/ 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.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6302236
• Report Number(s): LBL-15147; CONF-830311-123; ON: DE83011675
• Resource Relation: Conference: Particle accelerator conference, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 21 Mar 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MEV RANGE 100-1000
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