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Anderson, D.

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TU6PFP094	Compact Proton Injector and First Accelerator System Test for Compact Proton Dielectric Wall Cancer Therapy Accelerator	1516
	Y.-J. Chen, G.L. Akana, R. Anaya, D. Anderson, D.T. Blackfield, G.J. Caporaso, J. Carroll, E.G. Cook, S. Falabella, G. Guethlein, J.R. Harris, S.A. Hawkins, B. C. Hickman, C. Holmes, S.D. Nelson, B. R. Poole, R.A. Richardson, S. Sampayan, M. Sanders, J. Stanley, S. Sullivan, L. Wang, J.A. Watson LLNL, Livermore, California D.W. Pearson TomoTherapy, Madison J.T. Weir CPAC, Madison
	Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. We are developing a compact proton accelerator for cancer treatment by using the dielectric high-gradient insulator wall technology. The goal is to fit the compact dielectric wall proton therapy machine inside a conventional treatment room. To make the proton dielectric wall accelerator (DWA) compact requires a compact proton source capable of delivering protons in a sub-ns bunch. We are testing all the essential DWA components, including the compact proton source, on the First Accelerator System Test (FAST), which is designed to be taken apart and rebuilt many times to increase system performance by using improved components. The proton source being investigated currently is a surface flashover source. Five induction cells with HGI in the acceleration gaps are used to provide the 300-keV, 20-ns injector voltage for the proton injector. The physics design and the configuration of the injector and FAST will be presented.

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TU6PFP094

Compact Proton Injector and First Accelerator System Test for Compact Proton Dielectric Wall Cancer Therapy Accelerator

1516

Y.-J. Chen, G.L. Akana, R. Anaya, D. Anderson, D.T. Blackfield, G.J. Caporaso, J. Carroll, E.G. Cook, S. Falabella, G. Guethlein, J.R. Harris, S.A. Hawkins, B. C. Hickman, C. Holmes, S.D. Nelson, B. R. Poole, R.A. Richardson, S. Sampayan, M. Sanders, J. Stanley, S. Sullivan, L. Wang, J.A. Watson
LLNL, Livermore, California
D.W. Pearson
TomoTherapy, Madison
J.T. Weir
CPAC, Madison

Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

We are developing a compact proton accelerator for cancer treatment by using the dielectric high-gradient insulator wall technology. The goal is to fit the compact dielectric wall proton therapy machine inside a conventional treatment room. To make the proton dielectric wall accelerator (DWA) compact requires a compact proton source capable of delivering protons in a sub-ns bunch. We are testing all the essential DWA components, including the compact proton source, on the First Accelerator System Test (FAST), which is designed to be taken apart and rebuilt many times to increase system performance by using improved components. The proton source being investigated currently is a surface flashover source. Five induction cells with HGI in the acceleration gaps are used to provide the 300-keV, 20-ns injector voltage for the proton injector. The physics design and the configuration of the injector and FAST will be presented.