| Article | |
| Report number | CERN-PS-2000-031-DR |
| Title | The VITROVAC Cavity for the TERA/PIMMS Medical Synchrotron |
| Author(s) | Crescenti, M ; Susini, A ; Primadei, G ; Etzkorn, F J ; Schnase, A ; Fougeron, C |
| Affiliation | (CERN) ; (TERA Foundation) ; (Consultants to TERA Foundation) ; (Forschungszentrum Jülich) ; (LNS-CEA Saclay) |
| Publication | 2000 |
| Imprint | 17 Jul 2000 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| In: | 7th European Particle Accelerator Conference, Vienna, Austria, 26 - 30 Jun 2000, pp.e-proc. 1951 |
| Subject category | Accelerators and Storage Rings |
| Abstract | A proton and light-ion medical synchrotron is characterised by a large frequency swing for the RF between the injection and the top energy. For this purpose, a VITROVAC®-loaded RF cavity has been developed for the Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) at CERN, and for TERA, the Italian project of a proton and light-ion synchrotron for cancer therapy, based on the PIMMS study. The main features are a large frequency swing, particularly extended to the low frequency range, a very large relative permeability and a low Q factor. The total power needed is less than 100 kW, while a very small bias power is required for the frequency tuning. The main mechanical characteristics are compactness (less than 1.5 m), and simplicity of construction. As a result, the requirements of the medical synchrotron are comfortably satisfied, namely: 0.4 to 3 MHz swing, 3 kV peak voltage at a repetition rate of less than 1 s. |
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