Conveners
Facility Overview: I
- Dale Prokopovich (EBG MedAustron GmbH)
Facility Overview: II
- Matthew Fraser (CERN)
MedAustron is a synchrotron based particle therapy facility located in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
It comprises of 4 irradiation rooms, 3 of which are dedicated to medical treatment using protons (62.4 and 252.7 MeV) and carbon ions (120 and 402.8 MeV/u) delivered via 3 fixed beam lines (2 horizontal and 1 vertical) and 1 Gantry (protons only). It is the only facility world-wide that uses a...
CNAO is one of the four centres in Europe, and six worldwide, offering treatments of tumours with both protons and carbon ions. By the end of 2023 more than 4800 patients were treated at CNAO.
The CNAO synchrotron provides carbon ion beams with energies up to 400 MeV/u and protons up to 227 MeV in 3 treatment rooms and one experimental room open also to external users. The beam distribution...
Heidelberg ion beam therapy centre (HIT) was the first dedicated ion beam therapy facility in Europe.
Since 2009 more than 8000 patients have been treated with carbon ions, protons and, more recently, also with helium ions.
Several compact application facilities have been designed and developed for space science study and cancer therapy by IMP (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) based on technical developments and plentiful experiences from HIRFL-CSR and HIAF. For the complicated space environment simulation and related science research, the SESRI (Space Environment Simulation and Research...
The Next Ion Medical Machine Study (NIMMS) is an international collaboration initiative, established in 2018 and based at CERN, with the goal of developing new technologies for the future generation of accelerators for cancer therapy with ions. It has four work packages: superconducting magnets, gantries, compact synchrotrons and high-frequency linacs.
This contribution focuses on medical...
Heavy-ion single event effect (SEE) test facilities are critical in the development of microelectronic components that will be exposed to the ionizing particles present in the hostile environment of space. CHARM High-energy Ions for Micro Electronics Reliability Assurance (CHIMERA) and HEARTS have developed a high-energy ion beam capable of scanning a wide range of Linear Energy Transfer (LET)...
In the framework of the Physics Beyond Colliders Study Group, recent efforts have demonstrated the feasibility of increasing, by over an order of magnitude, the intensity of the 400 GeV proton beam delivered to the underground Experimental Cavern North 3 (ECN3) of CERN’s North Area. At the June 2023 CERN Council, an ambitious study project was approved to deliver a Technical Design Report...
The GSI facility for research with heavy ions provides experiments with slow
extracted beams from the synchrotron SIS18 since the early 1990s. Presently, the
new FAIR facility is under construction next to the GSI site. FAIR will allow
experiments to continue and extend their heavy ion research programs by
providing beams of higher energies and higher intensities with slow extraction
from...
The Slow Extraction Survey was conducted in 2021 as part of the iFAST-REX collaboration and extended to a broader audience at the Slow Extraction Workshop in 2022. Eleven facilities from around the world participated in the parameter collection. The survey aimed to establish the current state of slow extraction in all facilities and use this as a baseline for future collaborations and...
There are 7 carbon synchrotron and 12 proton synchrotron in operation for particle therapy in Japan. Advanced slow extraction technique has been developed for raster scanning irradiation for carbon ion therapy in HIMAC and other facilities such as double RF knock-out method for ripple reduction and multiple-energy operation using extended flattop. This technique have enabled the scanning...
Single Event Effects (SEE) testing is a critical part of developing technologies for the interplanetary space environment. The proposed BNL High Energy Effects Test (HEET) facility that we would build off the AGS, is being designed for the needs of the SEE testing community. This short report will discuss the proposed design, from the slow extraction to a new beamline, and the capabilities of...
Mu2e experiment, searching for a super rare mode of the CLFV decay of muon into an electron is in preparation for data taking at Fermilab’s Muon Campus facility. The experiment requires the 8 GeV proton beam continuous delivery aided by the Slow Extraction (SX) from the Delivery Ring. The first beam commissioning of the SX has been scheduled for FY2024. However, there was a possibility to...
J-PARC Main Ring(MR) accelerates the proton beam from 3 GeV to 30 GeV and delivers the beam to the Hadron Experimental Facility(HEF) through slow extraction using third-order resonance. At the HEF various particle and nuclear physics experiments are conducted mainly using kaon beams generated on secondary particle production targets and also primary proton beams. From 2021 to 2023, the J-PARC...
High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) is a giant accelerator facility aiming at high intensity primary and secondary beam preparation which is under construction in China. To achieve the challenging intensity goal, high intensity beam preparation remains a top priority of dynamics research. The first issue is how to accumulate in BRing with High injection gain(>56) and low beam...
CNAO is one of the four centres in Europe, and six worldwide, offering treatments of tumours with both protons and carbon ions. By the end of 2023 more than 4800 patients were treated at CNAO.
The CNAO synchrotron provides carbon ion beams with energies up to 400 MeV/u and protons up to 227 MeV in 3 treatment rooms and one experimental room open also to external users. The beam distribution...
Several compact application facilities have been designed and developed for space science study and cancer therapy by IMP (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) based on technical developments and plentiful experiences from HIRFL-CSR and HIAF. For the complicated space environment simulation and related science research, the SESRI (Space Environment Simulation and Research...
Mu2e experiment, searching for a super rare mode of the CLFV decay of muon into an electron is in preparation for data taking at Fermilab’s Muon Campus facility. The experiment requires the 8 GeV proton beam continuous delivery aided by the Slow Extraction (SX) from the Delivery Ring. The first beam commissioning of the SX has been scheduled for FY2024. However, there was a possibility to...
Heidelberg ion beam therapy centre (HIT) was the first dedicated ion beam therapy facility in Europe.
Since 2009 more than 8000 patients have been treated with carbon ions, protons and, more recently, also with helium ions.
The Slow Extraction Survey was conducted in 2021 as part of the iFAST-REX collaboration and extended to a broader audience at the Slow Extraction Workshop in 2022. Eleven facilities from around the world participated in the parameter collection. The survey aimed to establish the current state of slow extraction in all facilities and use this as a baseline for future collaborations and...
MedAustron is a synchrotron based particle therapy facility located in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
It comprises of 4 irradiation rooms, 3 of which are dedicated to medical treatment using protons (62.4 and 252.7 MeV) and carbon ions (120 and 402.8 MeV/u) delivered via 3 fixed beam lines (2 horizontal and 1 vertical) and 1 Gantry (protons only). It is the only facility world-wide that uses a...
There are 7 carbon synchrotron and 12 proton synchrotron in operation for particle therapy in Japan. Advanced slow extraction technique has been developed for raster scanning irradiation for carbon ion therapy in HIMAC and other facilities such as double RF knock-out method for ripple reduction and multiple-energy operation using extended flattop. This technique have enabled the scanning...
The Next Ion Medical Machine Study (NIMMS) is an international collaboration initiative, established in 2018 and based at CERN, with the goal of developing new technologies for the future generation of accelerators for cancer therapy with ions. It has four work packages: superconducting magnets, gantries, compact synchrotrons and high-frequency linacs.
This contribution focuses on medical...
Single Event Effects (SEE) testing is a critical part of developing technologies for the interplanetary space environment. The proposed BNL High Energy Effects Test (HEET) facility that we would build off the AGS, is being designed for the needs of the SEE testing community. This short report will discuss the proposed design, from the slow extraction to a new beamline, and the capabilities of...
The GSI facility for research with heavy ions provides experiments with slow
extracted beams from the synchrotron SIS18 since the early 1990s. Presently, the
new FAIR facility is under construction next to the GSI site. FAIR will allow
experiments to continue and extend their heavy ion research programs by
providing beams of higher energies and higher intensities with slow extraction
from...
