Published February 12, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Tandem-ESQ for Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (AB-BNCT)

  • 1. CONICET, (Argentina)
  • 2. Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad de Gral San Martin (Argentina)
  • 3. Departamento de Fisica, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (Argentina)
  • 4. Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  • 5. Departamento de Fisica, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, (Argentina)

Description

A folded tandem, with 1.25 MV terminal voltage, combined with an ElectroStatic Quadrupole (ESQ) chain is being proposed as a machine for Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (AB-BNCT). The machine is shown to be capable of accelerating a 30 mA proton beam to 2.5 MeV. These are the specifications needed to produce sufficiently intense and clean epithermal neutron beams, based on the on the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction, to perform BNCT treatment for deep seated tumors in less than an hour

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
884
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 225-230
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
6. Latin American symposium on nuclear physics and applications
Dates
3-7 Oct 2005
Place
Iguazu (Argentina)

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Notes
(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics