ACCELERATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING PARTICLE ENERGY
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1. An accelerator system comprising:
- an accelerator unit for accelerating particles; and
a beam transport section that follows on from the accelerator unit and guides particles that are accelerated by and have been extracted from the accelerator unit, from the accelerator unit to a location that is remote from the accelerator unit,wherein an RF cavity that generates an electromagnetic RF field that interacts with the particles guided in the beam transport section is disposed along the beam transport section, andwherein a phase and a frequency of the electromagnetic RF field are set such that a variation in the energy of the particles interacting with the RF field is generated.
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Abstract
An accelerator system includes an accelerator unit for accelerating particles and a beam transport section that guides the particles from the accelerator unit to a location that is remote from the accelerator unit. An RF cavity generates an electromagnetic RF field that interacts with the particles guided in the beam transport section is disposed along the beam transport section. A phase and a frequency of the RF field are set such that a variation in the energy of the particles interacting with the RF field is generated.
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1. An accelerator system comprising:
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an accelerator unit for accelerating particles; and a beam transport section that follows on from the accelerator unit and guides particles that are accelerated by and have been extracted from the accelerator unit, from the accelerator unit to a location that is remote from the accelerator unit, wherein an RF cavity that generates an electromagnetic RF field that interacts with the particles guided in the beam transport section is disposed along the beam transport section, and wherein a phase and a frequency of the electromagnetic RF field are set such that a variation in the energy of the particles interacting with the RF field is generated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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10. A method for setting the energy of particles that are accelerated in an accelerator system, the method comprising:
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accelerating the particles to a first energy level using an accelerator unit; and guiding the accelerated particles from the accelerator unit to an irradiation room, wherein guiding the accelerated particles from the accelerator unit to the irradiation room comprises guiding the accelerated particles through an RF cavity, in which an RF field acts on the particles, and wherein a phase and a frequency of the RF field are set such that the energy of the particles passing through the RF cavity is modified. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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