Principle design of a protontherapy, rapid-cycling, variable energy spiral FFAG

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 602, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-305

  Antoine, S ^a   Autin, B ^b   Beeckman, W ^a   Collot, J ^c   Conjat, M ^d   Forest, F ^a   Fourrier, J ^c   Froidefond, E ^c   Lancelot, J L ^a   Mandrillon, J ^d   Mandrillon, P ^d   Meot F ^c,e   Mori, Y ^f   Neuveglise D ^a   Ohmori, C ^g   Pasternak, J ^h   Planche, T ^a,f  

^a SIGMAPHI   (France)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^d AIMA Developement   (France)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FFAG; Fixed field accelerator; Hadrontherapy; Medical accelerator; Spiral scaling FFAG

Indexed keywords

PROTONS;

FFAG; FIXED FIELD ACCELERATOR; HADRONTHERAPY; MEDICAL ACCELERATOR; SPIRAL SCALING FFAG;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 63149130116     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.025     Document Type: Review

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