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             <author>Liao, Y.C.</author>
             <author>Liu, X.</author>
             <author>Luo, R.Y.</author>
             <author>Qin, B.</author>
             <author>Wang, W.</author>
          </authors>
       </contributors>
       <titles>
          <title>
             Design of a Large Momentum Acceptance Gantry Based on AG-CCT for Lightweight Proton Therapy Facility
          </title>
       </titles>
       <publisher>JACoW Publishing</publisher>
       <pub-location>Geneva, Switzerland</pub-location>
		 <isbn>978-3-95450-265-3</isbn>
		 <electronic-resource-num>10.18429/JACoW-SAP2023-TUPB014</electronic-resource-num>
		 <language>English</language>
		 <pages>111-113</pages>
       <keywords>
          <keyword>toolkit</keyword>
          <keyword>lattice</keyword>
          <keyword>simulation</keyword>
          <keyword>proton</keyword>
          <keyword>optics</keyword>
       </keywords>
       <work-type>Contribution to a conference proceedings</work-type>
       <dates>
          <year>2024</year>
          <pub-dates>
             <date>2024-11</date>
          </pub-dates>
       </dates>
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              <url>https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-SAP2023-TUPB014</url>
              <url>https://jacow.org/sap2023/papers/tupb014.pdf</url>
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       <abstract>
          Superconducting (SC) gantry can be applied to proton therapy with significantly reduced footprint and weight. However, the relatively lower ramping limit of the SC magnetic field becomes a bottle-neck for fast energy change and beam delivery. The issue can be mitigated by designing a large momentum acceptance (LMA) beam optics. We present the design of an LMA gantry using AG-CCT SC magnets and symmetrical achromatic lattice. A fast degrader is combined in the design so that the gantry can rapidly switch energy during the treatment. The AG-CCT design process and beam transport simulation are all performed with our homemade integrated code CSPT, which has interfaces to Geant-4 and Opera, and can reach a maximum speed-up ratio of ~450 by applying parallel computation technique. The multi-particle simulation based on realistic field distribution proves that the gantry has a large momentum acceptance of ~20\%. Due to its large momentum acceptance, the dispersion effect caused by the scanning magnet is not neglectable. A dispersion compensation method, accompanied by a compact nozzle layout, is proposed to achieve a scanning field of 25×25 cm² with a maximum beam energy spread of 5.2\%.
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