European Cyclotron Progress Meeting 2012

Session

Beam dynamics

12 May 2012, 09:00

Auditorium (PSI)

Conveners

Beam dynamics

• Joachim Grillenberger (Paul Scherrer Institut)

32. An overview of the multiple simulation tools developed in the framework of the S2C2 project

Dr Willem Kleeven (IBA)

12/05/2012, 09:00

Talk

So far the simulation tools and techniques available at IBA were all designed for isochronous cyclotrons. As a consequence, the fast development of the S2C2 was possible only through a close collaboration with AIMA development (Nice, France), who is a key driver in the design of the accelerator. Recently, IBA has developed and improved its existing beam simulation codes, wrote new ones and...

5. A Design of a Gantry With Super Conducting Magnets For 350 MeV Protons

Mattia Schaer (PSI)

12/05/2012, 09:25

Talk

Also for energies up to 350 MeV use of a gantry is essential in proton therapy. Compared to gantries for 250 MeV protons, the maximum field strength of all magnets must be increased with only 21% to keep the same gantry dimensions. A 230 MeV gantry design for 3D scanning recently developed by ProCure, employs super conducting magnets to limit the gantry weight to 18 tons. An arrangement of...

6. Status of the HZB cyclotron

Dr Andrea Denker (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie)

12/05/2012, 09:50

Talk

Since 2009 our cyclotron is again served by two injectors: a 5.5MV Van-de-Graaff and a 2MV tandetron. The tandetron has been optimized especially for the requirements of eye tumour therapy. The stability of the proton beam is of utmost importance for the therapy, both on the short-term and the long-term scale. Development of the ion source resulted in safe source operation times of more than...