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ACTIVITIES AND PLANS

TERA Foundation

(Created in1992)

Ugo AmaldiUgo Amaldi

University of Milano Bicocca and TERA Foundation

1st program: design and Government approval of 1st program: design and Government approval of National Centre for carbon ions (and protonNational Centre for carbon ions (and protons)s)

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Synchrotron building

Hospital bulding

Construction and commissioning by CNAO Foundation and INFN : 2005-2011 in Pavia

The PIMMS-TERAThe PIMMS-TERA synchrotron synchrotron

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2 sources 7 MeV/u Linac

RF cavity

quadrupoleBnding magnets

hall 1

hall 2

hall 3

RF cavitybetatron

linac

linacsources

CNAO in Pavia = Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia CNAO in Pavia = Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia OncologicaOncologica

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September 2011: first patient

By December 2012: about fifty patients

2nd program: development and construction of 2nd program: development and construction of « cyclinacs »« cyclinacs »

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pulsed source

CYCLOTRON

100-300 Hz

4 microseconds

indipendent RF power sources

RF units

to the patient

HIGH REP RATE PULSED SPOT HIGH REP RATE PULSED SPOT WITH FAST WITH FAST

INTENSITY AND ENERGY INTENSITY AND ENERGY MODULATION MODULATION

tumour target

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Standing wave CELL COUPLED LINAC

maximum surface electric field

average acceleration field = 5

LILInac nac BOBOoster = 3 GHz module built by CERN-INFN-TERAoster = 3 GHz module built by CERN-INFN-TERA

16 MV/m

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Standing wave CELL COUPLED LINAC

maximum surface electric field

average acceleration field = 5 = 200 MV/m

40 MV/m

LIBO 3 GHz module built by CERN-INFN-TERA accelerated LIBO 3 GHz module built by CERN-INFN-TERA accelerated protonsprotons

CLIC = 2

A.D.A.M. is a CERN spin-off companyA.D.A.M. is a CERN spin-off company

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Applications of Detectors

and Accelerators to Medicine

Commercial product

30 MeV

42 MeV

Construction project: Pediatric proton centre with Construction project: Pediatric proton centre with radioisotopes productionradioisotopes production

30 MeVcyclotronRadiopharmacy

30 MeV cyclotron1

2

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3

230 MeV linac22 MV/m

TERA tests on high gradients at 3.0 and 5.7 GHzTERA tests on high gradients at 3.0 and 5.7 GHz

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Breakdown model by A. Grudiev, S. Calatroni and W. Wuensch - 2009

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Design project A: cyclinac for carbon ions Design project A: cyclinac for carbon ions (radioresistant tumours)(radioresistant tumours)

410MeV/u

CABOTO – C =

CArbon BOoster for

Therapy in Oncology

150MeV/u

CABOTO-C components

Source EBIS - SC

SC cyclotron

200 tons

Linac CCL @ 5.7 GHz16 modules

RF power system

16 Klystrons (Ppeak = 12 MW)

Linac for Image Guided Hadron THerapy LIGHT 150-400 MeV/u

30 MV/m

24 MeV

230 MeV

Design project B: cyclinac for single-room Design project B: cyclinac for single-room proton facility proton facility

TR 24 by ACS

Inc.

30 MV/m – BDR = 10-6 m-1

TUrning LInac for Protontherapy

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Design project B: cyclinac for single-room Design project B: cyclinac for single-room proton facility proton facility

Next step: from 30 MV/m to 50 MV/mNext step: from 30 MV/m to 50 MV/m

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TERA – TULIP-24 PSI – compact Gantry2

New “backward” TW structureNew “backward” TW structure

15A. Degiovanni: High gradient proton accelerating structures

waveguide

accelerating cavities coupling cavities

‘NEW’ bwTW

50 MV/m

BDR = 10-6 m-1

(20% more powerf

for same gradient)

‘OLD’ SW CCL

30 MV/m

BDR = 10-6 m-1

 A. Grudiev; I. Syratchev; W. Wuensch 

CLIC + TERA

With recirculation

Physics is beautiful and usefulPhysics is beautiful and useful

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Measured BDR for E0=26 MV/m* (equivalent to 37 MV/m in CABOTO)

is 3 · 10-6 bpp/m.

Consequences of Consequences of the 3 GHz test for the 3 GHz test for

TERATERA

* and same pulse length

Expected E0 for BDR = 10-6 bpp/m,

according to fit models (dotted lines), is 31– 37 MV/m (respectively, stress model and power flow model).