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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2024-TUPB023
TitleA new RFQ for the carbon therapy injector at HIT Heidelberg
Authors
  • U. Ratzinger, H. Hähnel, H. Podlech
    Goethe Universität Frankfurt
  • A. Peters, R. Cee, T. Haberer
    Heidelberg Ionenstrahl-Therapie Centrum
  • C. Zhang, M. Schuett
    GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
  • H. Hoeltermann, S. Altürk
    BEVATECH
AbstractThe tumor therapy facility HIT, Heidelberg, Germany is in operation with light ion beams up to carbon since 2009. The 7 A MeV, 216.8 MHz synchrotron injector linac with a total length of 5 m is designed for the ion C^(4+) from an ECR ion source. The RFQ accelerates the beam from 8 A keV up to 400 A keV and is at present a bottleneck in beam transmission. After a careful analysis of the beam quality along the RFQ it was decided by HIT to order a new RFQ from Bevatech with higher beam acceptance and with tight mechanical tolerances. Other features are optimized entrance and exit gaps by including longitudinal field components, which are characteristic for 4-Rod-RFQs. A complete dipole field compensation along the mini-vane electrodes is another improvement. This RFQ is scheduled to replace the old one in 2026.
Paperdownload: TUPB023.pdf
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Conference32nd Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC2024)
Series
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Date25-30 Aug 2024
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial BoardKelly Jaje (ANL), Kip Bishofberger (LANL), Ryan Brody (ANL), Gustavo Bruno (ANL), Jan Chrin (PSI), Cathy Eyberger (ANL), Maggie Montes (SLAC), Denise Skiadopoulos (ANL), Ling Wang (MSU/FRIB), Kent Wootton (ANL)
Online ISBN978-3-95450-219-6
Online ISSN2226-0366
Received20 August 2024
Revised11 September 2024
Accepted11 September 2024
Issued23 October 2024
DOI10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2024-TUPB023
Pages379-382