First acceleration of a proton beam in a side coupled drift tube linac

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Ronsivalle, C. [1 ]
Picardi, L. [1 ]
Ampollini, A. [1 ]
Bazzano, G. [1 ]
Marracino, F. [1 ]
Nenzi, P. [1 ]
Snels, C. [1 ]
Surrenti, V. [1 ]
Vadrucci, M. [1 ]
Ambrosini, F. [2 ]
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[1] ENEA, I-00044 Rome, Italy
[2] Univ La Sapienza Roma I, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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10.1209/0295-5075/111/14002
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O4 [物理学];
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We report the first experiment aimed at the demonstration of low-energy protons acceleration by a high-efficiency S-band RF linear accelerator. The proton beam has been accelerated from 7 to 11.6 MeV by a 1 meter long SCDTL (Side Coupled Drift Tube Linac) module powered with 1.3 MW. The experiment has been done in the framework of the Italian TOP-IMPLART (Oncological Therapy with Protons-Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Linear Accelerator for Radio-Therapy) project devoted to the realization of a proton therapy centre based on a proton linear accelerator for intensity modulated cancer treatments to be installed at IRE-IFO, the largest oncological hospital in Rome. It is the first proton therapy facility employing a full linear accelerator scheme based on high-frequency technology. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2015
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