Status of VHEE radiotherapy related studies at the CLEAR user facility at CERN
Proceedings of the 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (2021)
Abstract:
Despite the increase in interest in using Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) beams for cancer radiotherapy many unanswered questions in its development remain. The use of test facilities will be an essential tool used to solve these issues. The 200 MeV electron beam from the CERN Linear Accelerator for Research (CLEAR) has been used extensively, in collaboration with several research institutes, to perform dosimetry studies and explore potential applications of VHEE beams to radiotherapy, including the exploitation of the so called FLASH effect. In this paper, we present an overview of past studies with emphasis on the more recent results. We describe methods, techniques and equipment developed at CERN in this framework, and give an outlook on future activities.Consolidation and future upgrades to the CLEAR user facility at CERN
JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland (2021) 2700-2703
Abstract:
The CERN Linear Electron Accelerator for Research (CLEAR) at CERN has been operating since 2017 as a dedicated user facility providing beams for a varied range of experiments. CLEAR consists of a 20 m long linear accelerator (linac), able to produce beams from a Cs₂Te photocathode and accelerate them to energies of between 60 MeV and 220 MeV. Following the linac, an experimental beamline is located, in which irradiation tests, wakefield and impedances tudies, plasma lens experiments, beam diagnostics development, and terahertz (THz) emission studies, are performed. In this paper, we present recent upgrades to the entire beamline, as well as the design of future upgrades, such as a dogleg section connecting to an additional proposed experimental beamline. The gain in performance due to these upgrades is presented with a full range of available beam properties documented.Intensity dependent effects at ATF2, KEK
International Particle Accelerator Conference Proceedings JACoW Publishing (2019) 308-311
ER@CEBAF - A high energy, multi-pass energy recovery experiment at CEBAF
Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (2016) 1022-1024