Conceptual design of a nonscaling fixed field alternating gradient accelerator for protons and carbon ions for charged particle therapy

Conceptual design of a nonscaling fixed field alternating gradient accelerator for protons and carbon ions for charged particle therapy

The conceptual design for a nonscaling fixed field alternating gradient accelerator suitable for charged particle therapy (the use of protons and other light ions to treat some forms of cancer) is described.

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Main Authors: K. J. Peach, M. Aslaninejad, R. J. Barlow, C. D. Beard, N. Bliss, J. H. Cobb, M. J. Easton, T. R. Edgecock, R. Fenning, I. S. K. Gardner, M. A. Hill, H. L. Owen, C. J. Johnstone, B. Jones, T. Jones, D. J. Kelliher, A. Khan, S. Machida, P. A. McIntosh, S. Pattalwar, J. Pasternak, J. Pozimski, C. R. Prior, J. Rochford, C. T. Rogers, R. Seviour, S. L. Sheehy, S. L. Smith, J. Strachan, S. Tygier, B. Vojnovic, P. Wilson, H. Witte, T. Yokoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2013-03-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.030101

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http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.030101

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