| Title |
Fabrication and Testing of a Novel S-Band Backward Travelling Wave Accelerating Structure for Proton Therapy Linacs |
| Authors |
- S. Benedetti, T. Argyropoulos, C. Blanch Gutiérrez, N. Catalán Lasheras, A. Degiovanni, D. Esperante Pereira, M. Garlaschè, J. Giner Navarro, A. Grudiev, G. McMonagle, A. Solodko, M.A. Timmins, R. Wegner, B.J. Woolley, W. Wuensch
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- D. Esperante Pereira
IFIC, Valencia, Spain
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| Abstract |
Compact and more affordable, facilities for proton therapy are now entering the market of commercial medical accelerators. At CERN, a joint collaboration between CLIC and TERA Foundation led to the design, fabrication and testing of a high gradient accelerating structure prototype, capable of halving the length of state-of-art light ion therapy linacs. This paper focuses on the mechanical design, fabrication and testing of a first prototype. CLIC standardized bead-pull measurement setup was used, leading to a quick and successful tuning of the prototype. The high power tests will soon start in order to prove that the structure can withstand a very high accelerating gradient while suffering no more than 10⁻⁶ breakdown per pulse per meter (bpp/m), resulting in less than one breakdown per treatment session.
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| Paper |
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| Conference |
LINAC2016, East Lansing, MI, USA |
| Series |
Linear Accelerator Conference (28th) |
| Proceedings |
Link to full LINAC2016 Proccedings |
| Session |
Poster Session |
| Date |
26-Sep-16 16:00–17:00 |
| Main Classification |
2 Proton and Ion Accelerators and Applications |
| Sub Classification |
2A Proton Linac Projects |
| Keywords |
linac, vacuum, coupling, proton, accelerating-gradient |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Yoshishige Yamazaki (FRIB/MSU, East Lansing, MI, USA); Alberto Facco (FRIB/MSU, East Lansing, MI, USA); Amy McCausey (FRIB/MSU, East Lansing, MI, USA); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-169-4 |
| Published |
May 2017 |
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