IPAC2022 - List of Authors (Tranquille, G.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOPOMS028	Stability and Lifetime Studies of Carbon Nanotubes for Electron Cooling in ELENA	699
	B. Galante, G. Tranquille CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland J. Resta-López, C.P. Welsch Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom J. Resta-López, C.P. Welsch The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom J. Resta-López ICMUV, Paterna, Spain
	Funding: Work supported by EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sk’odowska-Curie grant agreement No 721559. Electron cooling is a fundamental process to guarantee beam quality in low energy antimatter facilities. In ELENA, the electron cooler reduces the emittance blow-up of the antiproton beam so that a focused and bright beam can be delivered to the experiments at the unprecedentedly low energy of 100 keV. To achieve a cold beam at this low energy, the electron gun must emit a monoenergetic and relatively intense electron beam. An optimization of the electron gun involving a cold cathode is studied to investigate the feasibility of using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as cold electron field emitters. CNTs are considered among the most promising field emitting materials. However, stability data for emission over hundreds of hours, as well as lifetime and conditioning process studies to ensure optimal performance, are still incomplete or missing, especially if the aim is to use them in operation. This contribution reports experiments that characterize these properties and assess whether CNTs are suitable to be used as cold electron field emitters for many hundreds of hours.
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About •	Received ※ 20 May 2022 — Revised ※ 14 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 22 June 2022
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TUOZGD2	A Compact Synchrotron for Advanced Cancer Therapy with Helium and Proton Beams	811
THPOMS021	use link to see paper's listing under its alternate paper code
	M. Vretenar, M.E. Angoletta, J.C.C.M. Borburgh, L. Bottura, K. Paļskis, R.L. Taylor, G. Tranquille CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland E. Benedetto SEEIIST, Geneva, Switzerland G. Bisoffi INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy M. Sapinski PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
	Recent years have seen an increased interest in the use of helium for radiation therapy of cancer. Helium ions can be more precisely delivered to the tumour than protons or carbon ions, presently the only beams licensed for treatment, with a biological effectiveness between the two. The accelerator required for helium is considerably smaller than a standard carbon ion synchrotron. To exploit the potential of helium therapy and of other emerging particle therapy techniques, in the framework of the Next Ion Medical Machine Study (NIMMS) at CERN the design of a compact synchrotron optimised for acceleration of proton and helium beams has been investigated. The synchrotron is based on a new magnet design, profits from a novel injector linac, and can provide both slow and fast extraction for conventional and FLASH therapy. Production of mini-beams, and operation with multiple ions for imaging and treatment are also considered. This accelerator is intended to become the main element of a facility devoted to a programme of cancer research and treatment with proton and helium beams, to both cure patients and contribute to the assessment of helium beams as a new tool to fight cancer.
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About •	Received ※ 20 May 2022 — Revised ※ 11 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 11 July 2022
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Stability and Lifetime Studies of Carbon Nanotubes for Electron Cooling in ELENA

699

B. Galante, G. Tranquille
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
J. Resta-López, C.P. Welsch
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
J. Resta-López, C.P. Welsch
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
J. Resta-López
ICMUV, Paterna, Spain

Funding: Work supported by EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sk’odowska-Curie grant agreement No 721559.
Electron cooling is a fundamental process to guarantee beam quality in low energy antimatter facilities. In ELENA, the electron cooler reduces the emittance blow-up of the antiproton beam so that a focused and bright beam can be delivered to the experiments at the unprecedentedly low energy of 100 keV. To achieve a cold beam at this low energy, the electron gun must emit a monoenergetic and relatively intense electron beam. An optimization of the electron gun involving a cold cathode is studied to investigate the feasibility of using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as cold electron field emitters. CNTs are considered among the most promising field emitting materials. However, stability data for emission over hundreds of hours, as well as lifetime and conditioning process studies to ensure optimal performance, are still incomplete or missing, especially if the aim is to use them in operation. This contribution reports experiments that characterize these properties and assess whether CNTs are suitable to be used as cold electron field emitters for many hundreds of hours.

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Received ※ 20 May 2022 — Revised ※ 14 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 22 June 2022

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TUOZGD2

A Compact Synchrotron for Advanced Cancer Therapy with Helium and Proton Beams

811

THPOMS021

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M. Vretenar, M.E. Angoletta, J.C.C.M. Borburgh, L. Bottura, K. Paļskis, R.L. Taylor, G. Tranquille
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
E. Benedetto
SEEIIST, Geneva, Switzerland
G. Bisoffi
INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
M. Sapinski
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

Recent years have seen an increased interest in the use of helium for radiation therapy of cancer. Helium ions can be more precisely delivered to the tumour than protons or carbon ions, presently the only beams licensed for treatment, with a biological effectiveness between the two. The accelerator required for helium is considerably smaller than a standard carbon ion synchrotron. To exploit the potential of helium therapy and of other emerging particle therapy techniques, in the framework of the Next Ion Medical Machine Study (NIMMS) at CERN the design of a compact synchrotron optimised for acceleration of proton and helium beams has been investigated. The synchrotron is based on a new magnet design, profits from a novel injector linac, and can provide both slow and fast extraction for conventional and FLASH therapy. Production of mini-beams, and operation with multiple ions for imaging and treatment are also considered. This accelerator is intended to become the main element of a facility devoted to a programme of cancer research and treatment with proton and helium beams, to both cure patients and contribute to the assessment of helium beams as a new tool to fight cancer.

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reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUOZGD2

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Received ※ 20 May 2022 — Revised ※ 11 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 11 July 2022

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