Israel plans new particle accelerator

A New Type of Accelerator for Charged Particle Cancer Therapy

Non-scaling Fixed Field Alternating Gradient accelerators (ns-FFAGs) show great potential for the acceleration of protons and light ions for the treatment of certain cancers. They have unique features as they combine techniques from the existing types of accelerators, cyclotrons and synchrotrons, and hence look to have advantages over both for this application. However, these unique features me...

Multi-agent Cooperation for Particle Accelerator Control

We present practical investigations in a real industrial controls environment for justifying theoretical DAI (Distributed Artificial Intelligence) results, and we discuss theoretical aspects of practical investigations for accelerator control and operation. A generalized hypothesis is introduced, based on a unified view of control, monitoring, diagnosis, maintenance and repair tasks leading to ...

Preliminary accelerator plans for maximizing the integrated LHC luminosity

Fermilab Proton Accelerator Complex Status and Improvement Plans

Fermilab carries out an extensive program of accelerator-based high energy particle physics research at the Intensity Frontier that relies on the operation of 8 GeV and 120 GeV proton beamlines for a n umber of fixed target experiments. Routine operation with a world-record 700kW of average 120 GeV beam power on the neutrino target was achieved in 2017 as the result of the Proton Improvement Pl...

Plans for Particle Therapy in Sweden

A national project for a Swedish Proton Therapy Centre (SPTC) supported by the Swedish university hospitals was formed in 2003. The aim of the SPTC project was to build a national proton therapy centre focused on combining patient treatment and clinical research. The centre was to be operated under the principle of shared governance and distributed competence meaning that the preparations befor...