11–16 Dec 2022
Australia/Adelaide timezone
Co-locating with the 7th International Workshop of Specialty Optical Fibres and Their Applications (WSOF), the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP), and the Conference on Optoelectronlc and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD)

Fixed Field Accelerators for Particle Therapy

13 Dec 2022, 15:15
15m
Hall C (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Hall C

Adelaide Convention Centre

Talk (preferred) AIP: Nuclear and Particle Physics AIP: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Speaker

Mr Adam Steinberg (University of Melbourne / University of Manchester / Cockcroft Institute)

Description

Fixed Field Accelerators offer potential advantages for particle therapy, however many challenges remain. We address the problem of resonance crossing during acceleration, showing that beam stability can be maintained by fixing the normalised focusing strength.

Author

Mr Adam Steinberg (University of Melbourne / University of Manchester / Cockcroft Institute)

Co-authors

Prof. Robert Appleby (University of Manchester) Dr Suzie Sheehy (University of Melbourne / ANSTO)

Presentation materials