Development of high intensity ion sources for a Tandem-Electrostatic-Quadrupole facility for Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

J Bergueiro; M Igarzabal; J C Suarez Sandin; H R Somacal; V Thatar Vento; H Huck; A A Valda; M Repetto; A J Kreiner

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.02.020

Development of high intensity ion sources for a Tandem-Electrostatic-Quadrupole facility for Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

Appl Radiat Isot. 2011 Dec;69(12):1676-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.02.020. Epub 2011 Mar 2.

Authors

J Bergueiro¹, M Igarzabal, J C Suarez Sandin, H R Somacal, V Thatar Vento, H Huck, A A Valda, M Repetto, A J Kreiner

Affiliation

¹ Gerencia de Investigación y Aplicaciones, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina.

PMID: 21421324
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.02.020

Abstract

Several ion sources have been developed and an ion source test stand has been mounted for the first stage of a Tandem-Electrostatic-Quadrupole facility For Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. A first source, designed, fabricated and tested is a dual chamber, filament driven and magnetically compressed volume plasma proton ion source. A 4 mA beam has been accelerated and transported into the suppressed Faraday cup. Extensive simulations of the sources have been performed using both 2D and 3D self-consistent codes.

MeSH terms

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy*
Static Electricity