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EPL
Volume 111, Number 1, July 2015
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| Article Number | 14002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, Optics, Acoustics, Heat Transfer, Classical Mechanics, and Fluid Dynamics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/111/14002 | |
| Published online | 30 July 2015 | |
First acceleration of a proton beam in a side coupled drift tube linac
1 ENEA - Via Enrico Fermi, 00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
2 University La Sapienza-Roma I - Piazza Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
(a) concetta.ronsivalle@enea.it
Received: 3 March 2015
Accepted: 3 July 2015
We report the first experiment aimed at the demonstration of low-energy protons acceleration by a high-efficiency S-band RF linear accelerator. The proton beam has been accelerated from 7 to 11.6 MeV by a 1 meter long SCDTL (Side Coupled Drift Tube Linac) module powered with 1.3 MW. The experiment has been done in the framework of the Italian TOP-IMPLART (Oncological Therapy with Protons-Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Linear Accelerator for Radio-Therapy) project devoted to the realization of a proton therapy centre based on a proton linear accelerator for intensity modulated cancer treatments to be installed at IRE-IFO, the largest oncological hospital in Rome. It is the first proton therapy facility employing a full linear accelerator scheme based on high-frequency technology.
PACS: 41.75.Lx – Other advanced accelerator concepts / 41.75.Ak – Positive-ion beams / 87.56.-v – Radiation therapy equipment
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