A Compact Neutron Source for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy


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We propose a neutron generator scheme based on a high-current ion source with electron cyclotron resonance plasma heating by high-power millimeter-wave gyrotron radiation. The most promising application of this neutron generator is a medical one, namely, boron neutron capture therapy of oncological diseases. A possibility for using a multi-aperture extraction system for high-current ion beam generation to increase the total current is studied. It is shown that the parameters of the plasma flow leaving a magnetic trap permit the effective use of multi-aperture systems without a significant loss in the ion beam current density. Thus, the use of multi-aperture systems in the ion source of a neutron generator can significantly increase the total neutron yield.

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S. V. Golubev

Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: izotov@appl.sci-nnov.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny, Novgorod

I. V. Izotov

Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: izotov@appl.sci-nnov.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny, Novgorod

S. V. Razin

Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: izotov@appl.sci-nnov.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny, Novgorod

A. V. Sidorov

Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: izotov@appl.sci-nnov.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny, Novgorod

V. A. Skalyga

Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: izotov@appl.sci-nnov.ru
Russian Federation, Nizhny, Novgorod

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