A 60 MeV proton beam-line dedicated to research and development programs.
Beam-line
Cyclotron
FLASH radiotherapy
Instrumentation testing
Proton irradiation
Radiation hardness testing
Journal
Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
ISSN: 1872-9800
Titre abrégé: Appl Radiat Isot
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306253
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
received:
10
12
2021
revised:
09
02
2022
accepted:
04
03
2022
pubmed:
19
3
2022
medline:
14
4
2022
entrez:
18
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A new proton beam-line dedicated to R&D programs has been developed at CentreAntoine Lacassagne (CAL), in Nice (France), in collaboration with the Centrenational d'études spatiales (CNES). This is the second beam-line of the MEDICYC 65 MeV cyclotron that is currently in operation, the first being the clinical 'eye-line' used for ocular proton therapy. The R&D beam-line is proposed with two configurations, the first producing a Gaussian narrow beam of a few mm width, the second a 100 mm diameter flat beam with a homogeneity better than ±3%. The energy range is (20 - ∼60) MeV, where the exact upper limit depends on the beam configuration being used. The energy spread of the non-degraded beam is (0.3 ± 0.1) MeV. A beam current between 10 pA and 10 μA can be produced with a stability better than 0.2% above 100 pA, and 2% below. The beam can be monitored online at a precision better than 5% in the flux range 1E5 (1E6) - 1E9 (1E10) p/cm
Identifiants
pubmed: 35303628
pii: S0969-8043(22)00089-6
doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110190
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Protons
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
110190Informations de copyright
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