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Proton Therapy

The facility for proton therapy

The whole facility accelerator complex, together with the beam line system, power supplies, and cooling elements, fills a factory hall. The heart of the facility are two particle accelerators. With these, the accelerator crew of HZB provides a proton beam which is perfectly adapted to the needs of the eye tumour therapy.

Group photo of the Department of Protons in Therapy at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. - enlarged view

Department Protons in Therapy at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin.
The accelerator crew at the HZB operates the proton beam facility.


More information about how the protons are utilized for the therapy can be found on the following links:

  • Proton source
  • Pre-accelerator
  • Main accelerator
  • Beam control