| Published Articles | |
| Report number | CERN-ACC-2017-334 ; CLIC-Note-1136 |
| Title | Fabrication and testing of a novel S-Band backward travelling wave accelerating structure for proton therapy linacs |
| Author(s) | Benedetti, Stefano (CERN ; Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Argyropoulos, Theodoros (CERN) ; Blanch Gutiérrez, Cesar (CERN) ; Catalán Lasheras, Nuria (CERN) ; Degiovanni, Alberto (CERN) ; Esperante Pereira, Daniel (Valencia U., IFIC ; CERN) ; Garlaschè, Marco (CERN) ; Giner Navarro, Jorge (CERN) ; Grudiev, Alexej (CERN) ; McMonagle, Gerard (CERN) ; Solodko, Anastasiya (CERN) ; Timmins, Marc (CERN) ; Wegner, Rolf (CERN) ; Woolley, Benjamin (CERN) ; Wuensch, Walter (CERN) |
| Publication | 2017 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| In: | 28th Linear Accelerator Conference, East Lansing, Michigan, 25 - 30 Sep 2016, pp.MOPLR048 |
| DOI | 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2016-MOPLR048 |
| Subject category | Accelerators and Storage Rings |
| Abstract | Compact and more affordable, facilities for proton therapy are now entering the market of commercial medical accelerators. At CERN, a joint collaboration between CLIC and TERA Foundation led to the design, fabrication and testing of a high gradient accelerating structure prototype, capable of halving the length of state-of-art light ion therapy linacs. This paper focuses on the mechanical design, fabrication and testing of a first prototype. CLIC standardized bead-pull measurement setup was used, leading to a quick and successful tuning of the prototype. The high power tests will soon start in order to prove that the structure can withstand a very high accelerating gradient while suffering no more than 10⁻⁶ breakdown per pulse per meter (bpp/m), resulting in less than one breakdown per treatment session. |
| Copyright/License | CC-BY-3.0 |
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