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| TUPLT060 |
Production of Radioactive Ion Beams for the EXCYT Facility
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- M. Menna, G. Cuttone, M. Re
INFN/LNS, Catania
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The EXCYT facility (EXotics with CYclotron and Tandem) at the INFN-LNS is based on a K-800 Superconducting Cyclotron injecting stable heavy-ion beams (up to 80 MeV/amu, 1 emA) into a target-ion source assembly to produce the required nuclear species, and on a 15 MV Tandem for post-accelerating the radioactive beams. After thermal ANSYS simulations, during May 2003 the Target-Ion Source assembly (TIS) was successfully tested at GANIL under the same operational conditions that will be initially used at EXCYT. Yields and production efficiencies for 8,9Li were compatible with the ones obtained at SPIRAL. Following suggestions by the Referees and the LNS Research Division, we decided to deliver 8Li as the first EXCYT radioactive beam (primary beam 13C). This choice also takes in account the availability of MAGNEX in 2004 as well as the requests and the first results obtained by the Big Bang collaboration. The commissioning of the EXCYT facility is foreseen by the end of 2004 together with the start of nuclear experiments program. In this poster we also report prospective ion beams currently in development.
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| THPLT060 |
An Automatic Beam Characterization Instrument for Proton Therapy Applications
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2622 |
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- D. Giove, C. De Martinis, M. Mauri
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
- C. Cirrone, G. Cuttone
INFN/LNS, Catania
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The characterization in the transverse plane of the beam is a fundamental step in the design of a proton therapy facility. In this paper we will describe an automatic system able to measure the transverse profiles of the proton beam used in the Catana facility at LNS-Catania. The system has been designed as an autonomous equipment able to acquire optical images of the beam (after an interaction with a converter) and to elaborate them to extract the relevant parameters. The equipment may be interfaced to the rest of the control system of the facility and to the operator interface to provide high level control and monitoring tools. Operational experience will be discussed and the results so far obtained will be outlined.
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