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34092580
Title
HEATHER - HElium Ion Accelerator for RadioTHERapy
Contributors
J Taylor
,
TR Edgecock (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.)
,
C Johnstone
,
S Green
Abstract
A non-scaling fixed field alternating gradient (nsFFAG) accelerator is being designed for helium ion therapy. This facility will consist of 2 superconducting rings, treating with helium ions (He2+ ) and image with hydrogen ions (H + 2 ). Currently only carbon ions are used to treat cancer, yet there is an increasing interest in the use of lighter ions for therapy. Lighter ions have reduced dose tail beyond the tumour compared to carbon, caused by low Z secondary particles produced via inelastic nuclear reactions. An FFAG approach for helium therapy has never been previously considered. Having demonstrated isochronous acceleration from 0.5 MeV to 900 MeV, we now demonstrate the survival of a realistic beam across both stages.
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PPD
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STFC
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Paper In Conference Proceedings
In 8th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'17), Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-19 May 2017, (2017): 4768-4771.
http://accelconf.…/papers/thpva133.pdf
2017
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