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NIMMS - Next Ion Medical Machine Study

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2024-02-23
11:18
Slow extraction with octupoles at CERN proton synchrotron to improve extraction efficiency / Taylor, Rebecca ; Fraser, Matthew (CERN) ; Arrutia, Pablo (CERN) ; Johnson, Eliott (CERN) ; Benedetto, Elena (SEEIIST Association (CH))
The extraction inefficiency of the slow extraction process induces radioactivity in the area surrounding the electrostatic septum. [...]
CERN-ACC-NOTE-2023-0027 ; NIMMS-Note-020.
- 2023. - 4 p.
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2024-02-23
10:57
Flexible beam dynamics simulations for slow extraction with Maptrack / Taylor, Rebecca ; Benedetto, Elena (SEEIIST Association (CH)) ; Velotti, Francesco (CERN) ; Arrutia, Pablo (CERN)
The beam dynamics code Maptrack, is used to convert MADX-PTC lattices into static transform maps. [...]
CERN-ACC-NOTE-2024-0004 ; NIMMS-Note-019.
- 2024. - 10 p.
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2023-08-18
11:10
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A COMPACT SYNCHROTRON-BASED FACILITY FOR CANCER THERAPY AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH WITH HELIUM AND PROTONS BEAMS / Vretenar, Maurizio (CERN) ; Angoletta, Maria Elena (CERN) ; Borburgh, Jan (CERN) ; Bottura, Luca (CERN) ; Taylor, Rebecca (Imperial College (GB)) ; Tranquille, Gerard Alain (CERN) ; Benedetto, Elena (SEEIIST Association (CH)) ; Torims, Toms (Riga Technical University (LV)) ; Palskis, Kristaps (Riga Technical University (LV)) ; Sapinski, Mariusz (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH)) et al.
Thanks to their superior dose conformality and higher radiobiological effectiveness with respect to protons, helium ions are considered as the new tool of choice in the fight against cancer using particle beams [...]
CERN-ACC-NOTE-2023-0012 ; NIMMS-Note-018.
- 2023. - 6 p.
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2023-08-17
11:37
Comparison of 352 MHZ structures for injection into an ion therapy accelerator / Nikitovic, Lazar (Riga Technical University (LV)) ; Torims, Toms (Riga Technical University (LV)) ; Vretenar, Maurizio (CERN)
In the frame of ongoing initiatives for the design of a new generation of synchrotron-based accelerators for can-cer therapy with ion beams, an analysis of linac designs has been started, to address a critical element with a strong im-pact on the performance and cost of the accelerator. [...]
CERN-ACC-NOTE-2023-0011 ; NIMMS-Note-016.
- 2023. - 6 p.
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2023-08-11
11:22
Comparison of 352 MHZ Linac structures for injection into an ion therapy accelerator / Nikitovic, Lazar (Riga Technical University (LV)) ; Torims, Toms (Riga Technical University (LV)) ; Vretenar, Maurizio (CERN)
In the frame of ongoing initiatives for the design of a new generation of synchrotron-based accelerators for can-cer therapy with ion beams, an analysis of linac designs has been started, to address a critical element with a strong im-pact on the performance and cost of the accelerator. [...]
CERN-ACC-NOTE-2023-0010.
- 2023. - 4 p.
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2023-07-14
11:55
IMPACTS OF STRONGLY CURVED MAGNETIC MULTIPOLES ON COMPACT SYNCHROTRON DYNAMICS / Norman, H X Q (University of Manchester, Manchester, UK and Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, UK and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia) ; Appleby, R B (Univrsity of Manchester, Manchester, UK and Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, UK) ; Sheehy, S L (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia) ; Benedetto, Elena (SEEIIST Association (CH))
Superconducting curved magnets can reduce accelerator footprints by producing strong fields (>3 T) for applications such as carbon ion therapy, however the effect of strongly curved magnetic multipoles and fringe fields on accelerator beam dynamics is not fully understood. [...]
CERN-ACC-NOTE-2023-0009 ; CERN-NIMMS-015.
- 2023. - 6 p.
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2023-07-12
14:48
Alvarez drift tube linac for medical applications in the framework of HITRIplus project / Mamaras, Aristeidis (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki ; CERN) ; Samponidis, D (Aristotle U., Thessaloniki ; CERN) ; Bellan, L (INFN-LNL, Legnaro, Italy) ; Bisoffi, Giovanni (Universita e INFN, Legnaro (IT)) ; Comunian, M (INFN-LNL, Leganro, Italy) ; Thonet, Pierre Alexandre (CERN) ; Vretenar, Maurizio (CERN)
A first beam dynamics and RF design of an Alvarez-type drift tube linac (DTL) has been defined in the framework of the EU project, HITRIplus. It is meant primarily as a carbon (12C4+) and helium (4He2+) ion injector of a compact synchrotron for patient treatment. [...]
CERN-ACC-NOTE-2023-0008; NIMMS-Note-014.- Geneva : CERN, 2023 - 6 p. - Published in : JACoW IPAC2023 (2023) TUPA176 Fulltext: NIMMS_Note_014_Final - PDF; TUPA176 - PDF;
In : 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2023), Venice, Italy, 7 - 12 May 2023, pp.TUPA176

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2023-02-07
10:54
PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES FOR CANCER IMAGING AND TREATMENT WITH COMPACT LINEAR ACCELERATORS / Vretenar, Maurizio (CERN) ; Mamaras, Aristeidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)) ; Bisoffi, Giovanni (Universita e INFN, Legnaro (IT)) ; Foka, Yiota (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))
Accelerator-produced radioisotopes are widely used inmodern medicine, for imaging, for cancer therapy, and for combinations of therapy and diagnostics (theragnostics). [...]
CERN-ACC-NOTE-2023-0003 ; NIMMS-Note-0012.
- 2023. - 6 p.
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2022-10-14
16:16
Hydrogen Embrittlement of TiZrV Non-Evaporable Getter Coating / Parragh, David Mate
The study presented in this thesis work was performed to gain better understanding on the hydrogen saturation behavior of the TiZrV NEG coating, as well as on the effects of hydrogen sorption on the functionality of the coating [...]
CERN-THESIS-2022-154 CERN-PBC-Notes-2022-007. - 2022. - 125 p.


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2022-06-15
15:26
Carbon ion compact medical synchrotron: key parameters / Benedetto, Elena (SEEIIST Association (CH))
The report provides the key parameters for a compact medical synchrotron for carbon and other ions [...]
CERN-ACC-NOTE-2022-0017 ; NIMMS-Note 008.
- 2022. - 7 p.
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