CLUSTER: a high frequency H-mode coupled cavity linac for low and medium energies

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dc.creatorAmaldi, Ugo
dc.creatorCitterio, Alessandro
dc.creatorCrescenti, Massimo
dc.creatorGiuliacci, Arianna
dc.creatorTronci, Cesare
dc.creatorZennaro, Riccardo
dc.date2006-12-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:35:06Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:35:06Z
dc.descriptionWe propose an innovative linear accelerating structure, particularly suited for hadrontherapy applications. Its two main features are compactness and good power efficiency at low beam velocities: the first is achieved through a high working frequency and a consequent high accelerating gradient, the second is obtained by coupling several H-mode cavities together. The structure is called CLUSTER, which stands for "Coupled-cavity Linac USing Transverse Electric Radial field". In order to compare the performance of this structure with other hadrontherapy linac designs involving high frequencies, a conceptual study has been performed for an operating frequency of 3 GHz. Moreover a proof of principle has been obtained through RF measurements on a prototype operating at 1 GHz. An accelerator complex using a CLUSTER linac is also considered for protontherapy purposes. The whole complex is called cyclinac and is composed of a commercial cyclotron injecting the beam in a high-frequency linac.
dc.descriptionfor submission to Nucl. Instr. Meth. A
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0612213
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0612213
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.208
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/159721
dc.subjectAccelerator Physics
dc.subjectMedical Physics
dc.titleCLUSTER: a high frequency H-mode coupled cavity linac for low and medium energies
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