Status of the Linac for the Italian Hadron-Therapy Centre CNAO
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The Italian hadron-therapy centre CNAO (Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica) [1] is designed for the treatment of tumours with proton and light ion beams and to clinical and radiobiological research. The design consists of two ECR ion sources, a 7 MeV/u injector linac identical to the linac of the Heidelberg ion therapy centre HIT [2][3] and a 400 MeV/u synchrotron. GSI delivers technical support in terms of all linac components [4]: copper-plating, assembly, RF tuning and pre-tests of RFQ, IH-DTL and debuncher (together with IAP, Frankfurt University), pre-assembly of beam line sections with frames, tests of RF amplifiers, linac sub-control system and power supplies. Furthermore, GSI has delivered various beam diagnostics components, to be used along LEBT, linac and MEBT [4][5]. The installation of all linac components on the CNAO site in Pavia as well as the commissioning will be supported.
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