@inproceedings{a2cb47985ded4e28b67e8f3f5e72e474,
title = "AGOR status report",
abstract = "The operations of the superconducting cyclotron AGOR over the past years will be reviewed. Reliability issues encountered after nearly 25 years of operation and mitigation measures to warrant reliable operation for the coming decade will be discussed. The research performed with AGOR has significantly shifted from fundamental physics to radiation biology and medical radiation physics, both in collaboration with the Groningen Proton Therapy Center, and radiation hardness studies. The radiation biology research will be substantially expanded in the coming years with a new beam line for image guided preclinical research. For this research new dose delivery modalities including scanning, spatial fractionation and very high dose rates are developed. In addition, a new program has been started on the production of exotic nuclei, for which a new superconducting solenoid fragment separator will be developed. For the radiation hardness testing a cocktail beam at 30 MeV/amu with several ion species up to Xe has been developed and is now routinely delivered for experiments. A cocktail at 15 MeV/amu up to Bi is under development.",
author = "Jones, {B. N.} and S. Brandenburg and {van Goethem}, {M. J.}",
note = "Funding Information: The operation of the AGOR facility is supported by the European Union Horizon 2020 programme (contract nr. 654002 and 730983) and the CORA IBER program of the European Space Agency. Funding Information: The new platform for image-guided radiation biology research is funded by the Dutch Cancer Foundation KWF (projects 11766 and 12092). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} CYC 2019.All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 22nd International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications, CYC 2019 ; Conference date: 22-09-2019 Through 27-09-2019",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.18429/JACoW-Cyclotrons2019-TUC03",
language = "English",
series = "CYC 2019 - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications",
publisher = "JACoW Publishing",
pages = "257--259",
booktitle = "CYC 2019 - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications",
}