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

Peach KJ., Aslaninejad M., Barlow RJ., Beard CD., Bliss N., Cobb JH., Easton MJ., Edgecock TR., Fenning R., Gardner ISK., Hill MA., Owen HL., Johnstone CJ., Jones B., Jones T., Kelliher DJ., Khan A., Machida S., McIntosh PA., Pattalwar S., Pasternak J., Pozimski J., Prior CR., Rochford J., Rogers CT., Seviour R., Sheehy SL., Smith SL., Strachan J., Tygier S., Vojnovic B., Wilson P., Witte H., Yokoi T.

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. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.030101

Type

Journal article

Journal

Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams

Publication Date

11/03/2013

Volume

16

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