1. CABOTO, a high-gradient linac for hadrontherapy.
- Author
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Verdú-Andrés S, Amaldi U, and Faus-Golfe A
- Subjects
- Carbon, Cyclotrons, Equipment Design, Humans, Ions, Particle Accelerators, Synchrotrons, Heavy Ion Radiotherapy instrumentation, Heavy Ion Radiotherapy methods, Proton Therapy instrumentation, Proton Therapy methods
- Abstract
The field of hadrontherapy has grown rapidly in recent years. At present the therapeutic beam is provided by a cyclotron or a synchrotron, but neither cyclotrons nor synchrotrons present the best performances for hadrontherapy. The new generation of accelerators for hadrontherapy should allow fast active energy modulation and have a high repetition rate, so that moving organs can be appropriately treated in a reasonable time. In addition, a reduction of the dimensions and cost of the accelerators for hadrontherapy would make the acquisition and operation of a hadrontherapy facility more affordable, which would translate into great benefits for the potential hadrontherapy patients. The 'cyclinac', an accelerator concept that combines a cyclotron with a high-frequency linear accelerator (linac), is a fast-cycling machine specifically conceived to allow for fast active energy modulation. The present paper focuses on CABOTO (CArbon BOoster for Therapy in Oncology), a compact, efficient high-frequency linac that can accelerate C(6+) ions and H2 molecules from 150-410 MeV/u in ∼24 m. The paper presents the latest design of CABOTO and discusses its performances.
- Published
- 2013
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