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TY - CONF AU - Taylor, J. AU - Edgecock, T.R. AU - Green, S. AU - Johnstone, C. AU - Seviour, R. ED - Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine ED - Kim, Dong Eon ED - Kim, Kyung Sook ED - Ko, In Soo ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - A Fixed Field Alternating Gradient Accelerator for Helium Therapy J2 - Proc. of IPAC2016, Busan, Korea, May 8-13, 2016 C1 - Busan, Korea T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 7 LA - english AB - A non-scaling fixed field alternating gradient (nsFFAG) accelerator is being designed for helium ion therapy. This facility will consist of 2 nested superconducting rings, treating with helium ions (He²⁺) and image with hydrogen ions (H²⁺). Compared to protons, ions deliver a more conformal dose with a significant reduction in range straggling and beam broadening. Carbon ions are currently used and there are no current facilities providing helium therapy. We are investigating the feasibility of an FFAG approach for helium therapy, which has never been previously considered. We investigate emittance and demonstrate that the machine meets isochronicity requirements for fixed frequency RF. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1953 EP - 1956 KW - ion KW - proton KW - acceleration KW - emittance KW - injection DA - 2016/06 PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-95450-147-2 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPOY022 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2016/papers/tupoy022.pdf ER -