A simplified vacuumless Faraday cup for the experimental beamline at the Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center

IEEE Radiation Effects Data Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 161-165

  Cascio, Ethan W ^a   Gottschalk, Bernard ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM CONDITIONS; BEAM LINES; FARADAY CUPS; NEW DESIGN; PROTON THERAPY;

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 77950942650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/REDW.2009.5336294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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