| Title |
Status of the Carbon Ion Source Commissioning at MedAustron |
| Authors |
- S. Myalski, L. Adler, A. De Franco, F. Ecker, F. Farinon, N. Gambino, G. Guidoboni, C. Kurfürst, M.T.F. Pivi, C. Schmitzer, I. Strašík, A. Wastl
EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
- L.C. Penescu
Abstract Landscapes, Montpellier, France
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| Abstract |
MedAustron is a synchrotron-based Ion therapy center situated in lower Austria. Accelerated proton beams with energies of 62-252 MeV/u are used to treat patients with cancer since 2016. Carbon ion beam is currently under commissioning and will provide treatment in 2019 with energies of 120-400 MeV/u. The Injector features three identical ECRIS from Pantechnik, two of which are used to generate proton and carbon beams with energies of 8 keV/u. The generated beam is sent to a 400 keV/u RFQ and a 7 MeV/u H-mode Linac, following injection into a 77 m synchrotron via a middle energy transfer line, where the energies for patient treatment are reached. The beam is sent to four irradiation rooms via a high energy transfer line, two of which are currently used for medical treatment. The medical environment of the accelerator puts strict requirements on the source performances in terms of long term stability and uptime. The extracted carbon intensity needs to be on the order of 150 e'A with maximum current fluctuations of ±2.5% on continuous run. In this work we discuss the status of carbon commissioning with particular emphasis on the experimental results obtained during the ion source tuning.
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| Conference |
ECRIS2018, Catania, Italy |
| Series |
International Workshop on ECR Ion Sources (23rd) |
| Proceedings |
Link to full ECRIS2018 Proccedings |
| Session |
Poster Session |
| Date |
11-Sep-18 15:20–16:50 |
| Main Classification |
Applications |
| Keywords |
MMI, ion-source, proton, ECR, controls |
| Publisher |
JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany); Pietro Pisciotta (SINFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-196-0 |
| Published |
January 2019 |
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