1. Status Of The Dielectric Wall Accelerator For Proton Therapy
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George J. Caporaso, Yu-Jiuan Chen, James A. Watson, Don T. Blackfield, Scott D. Nelson, Brian R. Poole, Joel R. Stanley, James S. Sullivan, Floyd D. McDaniel, and Barney L. Doyle
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Electrical engineering ,Particle accelerator ,Dielectric ,Linear particle accelerator ,Dielectric wall accelerator ,law.invention ,law ,Electrical equipment ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,Optoelectronics ,business ,Electrical conductor ,Proton therapy ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
The Dielectric Wall Accelerator (DWA) offers the potential to produce a high gradient linear accelerator for proton therapy and other applications. The current status of the DWA for proton therapy will be reviewed. Recent progress in SiC photoconductive switch development will be presented. There are serious beam transport challenges in the DWA arising from short pulse excitation of the wall. Solutions to these transport difficulties will be discussed.
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- 2011
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