ETOILE ∗ HADRONTHERAPY PROJECT, REVIEW OF DESIGN STUDIES

The Rhone-Alpes hadrontherapy facility project ETOILE is based on production of up to 400 MeV/amu carbon and 220 MeV proton beams using earlier CERN synchrotron design ”PIMMS”. The accelerator complex has necessitated several design studies relevant to the technical specificities of ETOILE, in support to cost evaluations. These studies are described and concern the optics of the low, medium and high energy beam lines, treatment room beam delivery, and the optimisation of 7 MeV proton injection.

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