title: Development of high intensity ion sources for a Tandem-Electrostatic-Quadrupole facility for Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy.
abstract: Several ion sources have been developed and an ion source test stand has been mounted for the first stage of a Tandem-Electrostatic-Quadrupole facility For Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. A first source, designed, fabricated and tested is a dual chamber, filament driven and magnetically compressed volume plasma proton ion source. A 4 mA beam has been accelerated and transported into the suppressed Faraday cup. Extensive simulations of the sources have been performed using both 2D and 3D self-consistent codes.
authors.affiliation: Gerencia de Investigación y Aplicaciones, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bergueiro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Igarzabal
authors.forename: J C Suarez
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sandin
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Somacal
authors.forename: V Thatar
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Vento
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huck
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Valda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Repetto
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kreiner
mesh_terms: D016754:Boron Neutron Capture Therapy; D055672:Static Electricity