LINAC (was Re: About this list)

[Neon John <johngd@bellsouth.net>]

g2v13a@swbell.net wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> I have worked (+25 yrs) with, and I am quite familiar with, the variety of linacs
> used in cancer treatment (x-ray/electron beams of 4-25 MV/MeV).  I'll try to
> answer any questions that you/others pose for this variety of linac on this list
> or privately - whichever you/others prefer.  No flames, technical responses only
> to your questions.

Sorry it took so long to reply.  Very busy.

My situation is this.  I'm quite familiar with the design of
electrostatic accelerators.  I know almost nothing of the RF excited
ones, which I think is what medical units use, right?  I'm looking
for something that I can sit down and read and come away knowing the
fundamentals.  perhaps a LINAC version of Glasstone's "Nuclear
Reactor Engineering".  Or a service manual on a unit :-)

I've scoured the net and have found little of use.  Lots of stuff
aimed at someone with the intelligence of a reporter.  But I'm
looking for engineering principles, the math and so on.

Thanks in advance for anything you can help me with.

john

> 
> Doug
> 
> Douglas D. Jackson
> St.Louis, Mo.
> g2v13a@swbell.net --- (for the most efficient delivery of flames)
> ------------------------------------------
> Neon John wrote:
> 
> > <snip>
> > For example, for the last few weeks I've been studying LINAC designs
> > in my spare time.  I have some questions that I'd like to ask but I
> > don't feel I dare.  Other than the Van der Graff accelerator I built
> > in high school, I know very little about them.  Consequently, I'd
> > probably make an incorrect assumption or word something badly (in
> > the view of a LINAC expert) in the question and get my head handed
> > to me.  I had to tolerate that kind of crap from arrogant professors
> > in college.  I don't now.  So instead of asking the question and
> > carrying on the dialog in public on this list so that others can
> > learn along with me, I'll pick out someone I think can answer my
> > questions and ask it in private mail.  Or just plan a trip to the GA
> > Tech library.
> > <snip>
> > John De Armond
> > johngdSPAMNOT@bellsouth.net
> > http://personal.bellsouth.net/~johngd/
> > Neon John's Custom Neon
> > Cleveland, TN
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