Open AccessFINAL TECHNICAL REPORT FOR DE-FG02-05ER64097 Systems and Methods for Injecting Helium Beams into a Synchrotron Accelerator
Author(s) -
David A. Bush
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1047880
Subject(s) - proton , helium , beam (structure) , nuclear engineering , physics , nuclear physics , proton therapy , ion beam , synchrotron , particle accelerator , ion , medical physics , synchrotron radiation , proton synchrotron , atomic physics , optics , engineering , quantum mechanics
A research grant was approved to fund development of requirements and concepts for extracting a helium-ion beam at the LLUMC proton accelerator facility, thus enabling the facility to better simulate the deep space environment via beams sufficient to study biological effects of accelerated helium ions in living tissues. A biologically meaningful helium-ion beam will be accomplished by implementing enhancements to increase the acceleratorâÂÂs maximum proton beam energy output from 250MeV to 300MeV. Additional benefits anticipated from the increased energy include the capability to compare possible benefits from helium-beam radiation treatment with proton-beam treatment, and to provide a platform for developing a future proton computed tomography imaging system
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