ESTRO PT 2018

Synchrotron beam: noisy & spills

σ =15%

Beam intensity

Time 

1-10 sec

0.5-1 sec

“spill” time • fill ring with ~10 11 particles • accelerate to desired energy • extract slowly during 1-10 sec • decelerate and dump unused particles

Marco Schippers, Beam production techniques for hadron therapy

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