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High gradient linac for proton therapy

S. Benedetti, A. Grudiev, and A. Latina
Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 20, 040101 – Published 13 April 2017
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Abstract

Proposed for the first time almost 30 years ago, the research on radio frequency linacs for hadron therapy experienced a sparkling interest in the past decade. The different projects found a common ground on a relatively high rf operating frequency of 3 GHz, taking advantage of the availability of affordable and reliable commercial klystrons at this frequency. This article presents for the first time the design of a proton therapy linac, called TULIP all-linac, from the source up to 230 MeV. In the first part, we will review the rationale of linacs for hadron therapy. We then divided this paper in two main sections: first, we will discuss the rf design of the different accelerating structures that compose TULIP; second, we will present the beam dynamics design of the different linac sections.

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  • Received 23 January 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.040101

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Accelerators & Beams

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A Room-Sized Linear Accelerator for Proton Therapy

Published 13 April 2017

A new design of a proton accelerator for cancer treatment is fully linear and compact.

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S. Benedetti*, A. Grudiev, and A. Latina

  • CERN, CH-1211 Geneva-23, Switzerland

  • *Also at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Previous address: TERA Foundation, via Puccini 11, Novara, Italy. stefano.benedetti@cern.ch

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Vol. 20, Iss. 4 — April 2017

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