Meeting with KT & CNAO

Monday 21 Aug 2023, 15:00 → 16:00 Europe/Zurich

Updates from the BGI team

• We don’t want to do a proof of concept test with the PS-BGI
  • We will learn nothing new
  • We won't have a magnetic field
• Submission September 18th for more funding from KT-MI budget

Discussion of CNAO Setup

• Experimental room are exactly the same as the treatment rooms
  • The only thing that can be changed is the distance between the scanning magnet and the
• Need to place isocentre to figure out placement of BGI

New Beamline at CNAO maybe

could go in new beamline?

Marco could patch the existing synchrotron

• Extraction lines, no one has a real-time imaging in the extraction beam-line, currently all measurements are destructive
  • might consider replacing existing monitors depending on what we get

Would be easier to do things when Lorenzo gets back

Current place for TV screen for injection (hasn’t been used in the last 15 years) - would need to discuss with operations people

• Almost impossible to install in synchrotron for short period of time - would need to use a picku-up
• Only has 2 or 3 days every four months