Particle Therapy 2017

Cyclotron (1930)

Magnet

Proton source

RF electrodes “Dee”

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RF-Voltage “Vdee” RF frequency f At electrode slit crossing: Energy gain ΔE=V dee

Septum cathode

Marco Schippers, Beam production techniques for hadron therapy

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