CERN Accelerating science

Article
Title	Explorative Studies of an Innovative Superconducting Gantry
Author(s)	Pullia, M G (CNAO, Milan) ; Donetti, M (CNAO, Milan) ; Felcini, E (CNAO, Milan) ; Frisella, G (CNAO, Milan) ; Mereghetti, A (CNAO, Milan) ; Mirandola, A (CNAO, Milan) ; Pella, A (CNAO, Milan) ; Savazzi, S (CNAO, Milan) ; Dassa, L (CERN) ; Karppinen, M (CERN) ; Perini, D (CERN) ; Tommasini, D (CERN) ; Vretenar, M (CERN) ; Kurfürst, C (Unlisted, AT) ; Pivi, M T F (Unlisted, AT) ; Stock, M (Unlisted, AT) ; De Matteis, E (INFN, Milan) ; Mariotto, S (Milan Bicocca U. ; INFN, Milan) ; Prioli, M (INFN, Milan) ; Rossi, L (INFN, Milan) ; Sabbatini, L (Frascati) ; Vannozzi, A (Frascati) ; Piacentini, L (Latvia U., ISSP) ; Ratkus, A (Latvia U., ISSP) ; Torims, T (Latvia U., ISSP) ; Vilcans, J (Latvia U., ISSP) ; Benedetto, E (Unlisted, CH) ; Uberti, S (Brescia U.)
Publication	2022
Number of pages	4
In:	JACoW IPAC 2022 (2022) 2966-2969
In:	13th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, 12 - 17 Jun 2022, pp.2966-2969
DOI	10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-THPOMS012
Subject category	Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract	The Heavy Ion Therapy Research Integration plus (HITRIplus) is a European project that aims to integrate and propel research and technologies related to cancer treatment with heavy ions beams. Among the ambitious goals of the project, a specific work package includes the design of a gantry for carbon ions, based on superconducting magnets. The first milestone to achieve is the choice of the fundamental gantry parameters, namely the beam optics layout, the superconducting magnet technology, and the main user requirements. Starting from a reference 3T design, the collaboration widely explored dozens of possible gantry configurations at 4T, aiming to find the best compromise in terms of footprint, capital cost, and required R&D.; We present here a summary of these configurations, underlying the initial correlation between the beam optics, the mechanics, and the main superconducting dipoles design: the bending field (up to 4 T), combined function features (integrated quadrupole), magnet aperture (up to 90 mm), and angular length (30°-45°). The resulting main parameters are then listed, compared, and used to drive the choice of the best gantry layout to be developed in HITRIplus.
Copyright/License	CC-BY-3.0

Corresponding record in: Inspire