Conceptual design of a nonscaling fixed field alternating gradient accelerator for protons and carbon ions for charged particle therapy

K. J. Peach, M. Aslaninejad, R. J. Barlow, C. D. Beard, N. Bliss, J. H. Cobb, M. J. Easton, T. R. Edgecock, R. Fenning, I. S K Gardner, M. A. Hill, H. L. Owen, C. J. Johnstone, B. Jones, T. Jones, D. J. Kelliher, A. Khan, S. Machida, P. A. McIntosh, S. PattalwarJ. Pasternak, J. Pozimski, C. R. Prior, J. Rochford, C. T. Rogers, R. Seviour, S. L. Sheehy, S. L. Smith, J. Strachan, S. Tygier, B. Vojnovic, P. Wilson, H. Witte, T. Yokoi

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    Abstract

    The conceptual design for a nonscaling fixed field alternating gradient accelerator suitable for charged particle therapy (the use of protons and other light ions to treat some forms of cancer) is described. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number030101
    JournalPhysical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
    Volume16
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11 Mar 2013

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