The TOP-IMPLART Linac: Machine Status and Experimental Activity
| Autor: | Ronsivalle, Concetta, Ampollini, Alessandro, Bazzano, Giulia, Nenzi, Paolo, Picardi, Luigi, Surrenti, Vincenzo, Trinca, Emiliano, Vadrucci, Monia |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| DOI: | 10.18429/jacow-ipac2017-thpva090 |
| Popis: | The TOP-IMPLART (Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Linear Accelerator for Radiotherapy) linac is a 150 MeV pulsed proton linear accelerator for protontherapy applications under realization, installation and progressive commissioning at ENEA. It is the first linac running with 3GHz SCDTL (Side Coupled DTL) accelerating modules. These constitute the first two sections of the whole linac up to 71 MeV proton energy, while the accelerating structure of the following part of the accelerator is under definition. Each SCDTL section is powered by a 10 MW peak power klystron. The first section, consisting of 4 modules (7 to 35 MeV) has been completed and it is operational at low repetition rate (25 Hz). The second section, consisting of other 4 modules (up to 71 MeV), is currently under executive design. The output beam at each stage of the progressive commissioning is fully characterized. The beam is routinely employed in radiobiology experiments and detector evaluation. The paper presents the actual status of the machine, installation, beam characterization and an overview of the experimental activity results. Proceedings of the 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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