Design of a Beam Separator for FLASH Electron Therapy Facilities
A promising modality of radiation therapy is FLASH: a technique in which the full radiation dose is delivered in just 1/10th of a second. This modality has been proven successful in destroying cancerous cells while sparing healthy tissues. The aim is to develop an accelerator to treat large-volume and deep-seated tumors using high-energy electron beams in the FLASH modality. Specifically, we are designing a steady-state magnet that guides three distinct energy beams into three separate beamlines and ensures dose conformality within FLASH timescales. This paper presents a design method that incorporates beam optics and magnetic parameters into a numerical optimization process. The method is applied to the design of a magnetic spectrometer with a varying pole profile. The magnet performance is compared to pure dipole and combined dipole-quadrupole designs.
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Korchevnyuk, V., Bauche, J., Karppinen, M., Latina, A., Russenschuck, S., Seidel, M., & Tommasini, D. (2024). Design of a Beam Separator for FLASH Electron Therapy Facilities. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 34(5), Article 4401005. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2023.3341895
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