Non-scaling fixed field alternating gradient permanent magnet cancer therapy accelerator

Title: Non-scaling fixed field alternating gradient permanent magnet cancer therapy accelerator

A non-scaling fixed field alternating gradient accelerator includes a racetrack shape including a first straight section connected to a first arc section, the first arc section connected to a second straight section, the second straight section connected to a second arc section, and the second arc section connected to the first straight section; an matching cells configured to match particle orbits between the first straight section, the first arc section, the second straight section, and the second arc section. The accelerator includes the matching cells and an associated matching procedure enabling the particle orbits at varying energies between an arc section and a straight section in the racetrack shape.

Inventors:: Trbojevic, Dejan

Issue Date:: 2017-05-23

OSTI Identifier:: 1358218

Assignee:: The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Energy BNL

Patent Number(s):: 9,661,737

Application Number:: 14/285,706

Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 May 23

Research Org:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES

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