Published June 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Status Of The Dielectric Wall Accelerator For Proton Therapy

  • 1. P.O. Box 808, L-410, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551 (United States)

Description

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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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1336
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 369-373
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
21. International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry
Acronym
CAARI 2010
Dates
8-13 Aug 2010
Place
Fort Worth, TX (United States)

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(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics