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Experiments to increase the parameters of the vacuum insulation tandem accelerator for boron neutron capture therapy

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters, 2016

Authors:   D. A. Kasatov, J. A. Kolesnikov, A. M. Koshkarev, A. S. Kuznetsov, A. N. Makarov, E. O. Sokolova,
I. N. Sorokin, T. V. Sycheva, S. Yu. Taskaev, and I. M. Shchudlo
Journal: Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters
https://doi.org/10.1134/S154747711607027X
Abstract: An epithermal neutron source that is based on a vacuum insulation tandem accelerator (VITA) and lithium target was created in the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics for the development of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). A stationary proton beam with 2 MeV energy and 1.6 mA current has been obtained. To carry out BNCT, it is necessary to increase the beam parameters up to 2.3 MeV and 3 mА. Ways to increase the parameters of the proton beam have been proposed and discussed in this paper. The results of the experiments are presented.