Published 1984 | Version v1
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The Medicyc cyclotron as a temporary decelerator for LEAR

  • 1. CERN Associate, PS Division 1211 - Geneve 23

Description

This chapter describes a 50 MeV proton medical cyclotron mainly devoted to neutron production for cancer therapy. Topics covered include machine characteristics, deceleration and extraction of antiprotons, and performances (final energy E/SUB f/, emittances, intensities, time structure). The Medicyc cyclotron is designed to accelerate particles at discrete energies with a fixed frequency and by changing the magnetic field. Acceleration is obtained by two radiofrequency cavities forming two deltas in the magnet gap. Deceleration of a beam in the cyclotron and extraction, by a central inflector, along the magnet axis is investigated

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Plenum Publishing Corp.
Imprint Place
New York, NY (USA)
Imprint Title
Physics at LEAR with Low-Energy Cooled Antiprotons. Vol. 17
Journal Page Range
p. 643-648.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16010780
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; ANTIPROTON BEAMS; BEAM EXTRACTION; CERN LEAR; CYCLOTRONS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERFORMANCE; RF SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ANTINUCLEON BEAMS; ANTIPARTICLE BEAMS; BEAMS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS