This review presents the author's view on modern trends in the development of charged
particle accelerators for various applications, which is based on his own experience in this …

The acceleration of electrons in resonant linear accelerators (linacs) typically consists of
three main stages:(1) emission of the electrons from the cathode and their pre-acceleration …

Conventional cancer therapies include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and, more
recently, immunotherapy. These modalities are often combined to improve the therapeutic …

This paper reviews new technologies that make it possible to implement such modern
principles of development and creation of applied linear electron accelerators as modularity …

This article will review methods used at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and other
world accelerator laboratories to design high-gradient normal conducting accelerating …

Featured Application We report on new accelerator technology that has applications in
FLASH radiation therapy. FLASH radiation therapy may have profound implications in …

Particle therapy is the expanding radiotherapy treatment option of choice for cancer. Its cost,
however, is currently hindering its worldwide expansion. Also, the ideal application of …

S-band high-gradient accelerating structures were proposed to accelerate protons from 30
to 230 MeV for a compact proton therapy linac in Institute of Modern Physics. A backward …

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and the Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
at the University of Chicago (UChicago) are investigating the feasibility of developing an …

We report the high-gradient tests results of a novel traveling wave accelerating structure for
β= 0.3 based on a novel approach of operating at the first negative spatial harmonic …