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Recent developments in accelerator-based radiation therapy gravitate towards ultra-high doses combined with short pulse durations or spatially structured beams. This development significantly increases the charge density in the particle beams in comparison with conventional radiation therapy. The densities reach into ranges where non-negligible impact of collective effects on the beam performance start to become important. In general, the impact of collective effects can range from lengthening of the pulses and deformations of the charge distribution up to instabilities causing dynamic fluctuations of beam properties, unwanted beam shapes and potentially particle losses.
This contribution discusses first estimations on the influence of collective effects at beam parameters suitable for advanced accelerator-based radiation therapy sources.
| Region represented | Europe |
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| Paper preparation format | LaTeX |
