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View SchemaCLUSTER: a high frequency H-mode coupled cavity linac for low and medium energies
| Authors | Ugo Amaldi, Alessandro Citterio, Massimo Crescenti, Arianna Giuliacci, Cesare Tronci, Riccardo Zennaro |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0612213 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0612213 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.208 |
Abstract
We propose an innovative linear accelerating structure, particularly suited for hadrontherapy applications. Its two main features are compactness and good power efficiency at low beam velocities: the first is achieved through a high working frequency and a consequent high accelerating gradient, the second is obtained by coupling several H-mode cavities together. The structure is called CLUSTER, which stands for "Coupled-cavity Linac USing Transverse Electric Radial field". In order to compare the performance of this structure with other hadrontherapy linac designs involving high frequencies, a conceptual study has been performed for an operating frequency of 3 GHz. Moreover a proof of principle has been obtained through RF measurements on a prototype operating at 1 GHz. An accelerator complex using a CLUSTER linac is also considered for protontherapy purposes. The whole complex is called cyclinac and is composed of a commercial cyclotron injecting the beam in a high-frequency linac.
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"Ugo Amaldi",
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"doi": "10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.208",
"title": "CLUSTER: a high frequency H-mode coupled cavity linac for low and medium energies",
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