Analytical dependences used for preliminary synthesis and optimization of cyclotron magnetic structures

Analytical dependences used for preliminary synthesis and determination of the main physical and geometrical parameters of cyclotron magnetic structures and magnet itself are examined herein. A method of obtaining, describing, and graphically representing these two-dimensional analytical dependences are also examined. Their use allows preliminary synthesis and optimization of near-azimuthically magnetic structures of cyclotrons with straight and spiral sectors. The ratio of their air gaps in the valley and in the region of the sectors shouldn’t exceed 25 and the average magnetic field shouldn’t be more than 2 T. The use of some of these became the basis in developing the CyclSyntWin software application, which has been used already for several years at the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna for preliminary synthesis and optimization of the main parameters of cyclotron magnetic structures and magnets.     

小型回旋加速器全自动化磁场测量和精密垫补平台研制

针对核医学诊疗对PET医用放射性核素的需求,中国原子能科学研究院正在开展PET医用小型回旋加速器的产业化研究。磁场测量和垫补是回旋加速器生产中的必经环节,小型回旋加速器结构紧凑实现磁场测量仪的全自动化控制是一个难点,解决常规垫补方法加工成本高和周期长的问题是产业化生产的关键。本文详细介绍小型回旋加速器全自动化磁场测量和精密垫补平台的研制,通过多台小型回旋加速器的磁场测量和垫补实践,发展一套快速磁场测量和垫补流程,实现全自动化测量方法缩短磁场测量周期,采用精密垫补算法减少垫补次数。在保证磁场测量和垫补工作高效高质量完成的条件下,极大降低了时间和加工成本,为小型回旋加速器的产业化生产打下基础。目前,中国原子能科学研究院已经完成多台小型回旋加速器的商业化落地。     

C235-V3 cyclotron for a proton therapy center to be installed in the hospital complex of radiation medicine (Dimitrovgrad)

Proton therapy is an effective method of treating oncologic diseases. In Russia, construction of several centers for proton and ion therapy is slated for the years to come. A proton therapy center in Dimitrovgrad will be the first. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russia) in collaboration with Ion Beam Application (IBA) (Belgium) has designed an C235-V3 medical proton cyclotron for this center. It outperforms previous versions of commercial IBA cyclotrons, which have already been installed in 11 oncologic hospital centers in different countries. Experimental and calculation data for the beam dynamics in the C235-V3 medical cyclotron are presented. Reasons for beam losses during acceleration are considered, the influence of the magnetic field radial component in the midplane of the accelerator and main resonances is studied, and a beam extraction system is designed. In 2011–2012 in Dubna, the cyclotron was mounted, its magnetic field was properly configured, acceleration conditions were optimized, and beam extraction tests were carried out after which it was supplied to Dimitrovgrad. In the C235-V3 cyclotron, an acceleration efficiency of 72% and an extraction efficiency of 62% have been achieved without diaphragming to form a vertical profile of the beam.     

High frequency acceleration system of the DC-280 cyclotron

The radio-frequency (RF) accelerating system designed at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (FLNR JINR), for the DC-280 cyclotron is described. The cyclotron is intended to increase the capabilities and efficiency of experiments on the synthesis of superheavy elements and investigate their nuclear-physical and chemical properties. The DC-280 isochronous heavyion cyclotron will produce an accelerated beam of ions in the range from neon to uranium. The results of the preliminary and 3D numerical calculations of the main cavity of this system are reported. The preliminary calculations by the Coaxresonator software have allowed the geometry of the main cavity to be chosen. 3D numerical simulation has completely confirmed the correctness of the preliminary calculations. For example, the difference in frequency between the preliminary and 3D numerical calculations is no larger than 1%. The electric-field component maps obtained from the simulations are used to calculate the beam dynamics in the cyclotron.     

Numerical simulation of ions acceleration and extraction in cyclotron DC-110

In Flerov’s Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions of JINR in the framework of project “Beta” a cyclotron complex for a wide range of applied research in nanotechnology (track membranes, surface modification, etc.) is created. The complex includes a dedicated heavy-ion cyclotron DC-110, which yields intense beams of accelerated ions Ar, Kr and Xe with a fixed energy of 2.5 MeV/A. The cyclotron is equipped with external injection on the base of ECR ion source, a spiral inflector and the system of ions extraction consisting of an electrostatic deflector and a passive magnetic channel. The results of calculations of the beam dynamics in measured magnetic field from the exit of spiral inflector to correcting magnet located outside the accelerator vacuum chamber are presented. It is shown that the design parameters of ion beams at the entrance of correcting magnet will be obtained using false channel, which is a copy of the passive channel, located on the opposite side of the magnetic system. Extraction efficiency of ions will reach 75%.     

Positron emission isotope production cyclotron in DLNP JINR (Status Report)

A C10-cyclotron for radioisotope production is under construction at the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problem, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (DLNP JINR). It is a compact isochronous cyclotron for accelerating H⁻ ions to the energy of about 10 MeV. The magnetic system, vacuum chamber and accelerating system is being built now. Results of the calculation and forming of the cyclotron magnetic field and the study of the beam dynamics from an ion source to an extraction system in calculated magnetic field are presented. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

IC-100 accelerator complex for scientific and applied research

Industrial production of nuclear filters has been implemented at the IC-100 cyclotron complex of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. After the complete upgrade, the cyclotron was equipped with the superconducting ECR ion source and the system of external axial beam injection. The implantation complex was equipped with the special transportation channel with the beam scanning system and the setup for irradiation of polymer films. Intense beams of heavy ions Ne, Ar, Fe, Kr, Xe, I, and W with an energy of ～1 MeV/nucleon were obtained. the properties of irradiated crystals were studied, different polymer films were irradiated, and several thousands of square meters of track membranes with pore densities varying in a wide range were produced. Other scientific and applied problems can be solved at the cyclotron complex.     

Upgrading the genome facility for radiobiological experiments with heavy-ion beams

The Genome-M facility for the automatic fast irradiation of thin biological samples with accelerated heavy ions at the U-400M cyclotron of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, is described. It allows a great deal of various samples to be irradiated within a few hours using radiation with preset and controlled characteristics. Methods for monitoring beam quality and calibrating the ionization chamber in absorbed dose units and the facility control software are also described.     

Modern compact accelerators of cyclotron type for medical applications

Ion beam therapy and hadron therapy are types of external beam radiotherapy. Recently, the vast majority of patients have been treated with protons and carbon ions. Typically, the types of accelerators used for therapy were cyclotrons and synchrocyclotrons. It is intuitively clear that a compact facility fits best to a hospital environment intended for particle therapy and medical diagnostics. Another criterion for selection of accelerators to be mentioned in this article is application of superconducting technology to the magnetic system design of the facility. Compact isochronous cyclotrons, which accelerate protons in the energy range 9–30 MeV, have been widely used for production of radionuclides. Energy of 230 MeV has become canonical for all proton therapy accelerators. Similar application of a carbon beam requires ion energy of 430 MeV/u. Due to application of superconducting coils the magnetic field in these machines can reach 4–5 T and even 9 T in some cases. Medical cyclotrons with an ironless or nearly ironless magnetic system that have a number of advantages over the classical accelerators are in the development stage. In this work an attempt is made to describe some conceptual and technical features of modern accelerators under consideration. The emphasis is placed on the magnetic and acceleration systems along with the beam extraction unit, which are very important from the point of view of the facility compactness and compliance with the strict medical requirements.     

Correction of vertical displacement of extracted beam during commissioning tests of the DC-110 cyclotron

The specialized DC-110 heavy ion cyclotron has been developed and created at the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research for the BETA research and production complex in Dubna (Russia), which allows producing intense accelerated Ar, Kr, and Xe ion beams with a fixed energy of 2.5 MeV/nucleon. Commissioning works on the cyclotron complex, during which the design parameters were obtained, were carried out at the end of 2012. During commissioning of the accelerator, vertical displacement of the beam was found at the final acceleration radii and during its extraction. It is shown that the main cause of this displacement was the occurrence of a radial component of the magnetic field in the median plane of the magnet caused by asymmetry of the magnetic circuit. Vertical beam displacement was corrected by creating asymmetry of the current in the main electromagnet winding of the DC-110 cyclotron.     

Flat-top system of the DC-280 cyclotron

The flat-top cavity of the radio-frequency accelerating system designed at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, for the DC-280 cyclotron is described. The cyclotron is intended for increasing the capabilities and efficiency of experiments on the synthesis of super-heavy elements and an investigation of their nuclear physical and chemical properties. The DC-280 isochronous heavy-ion cyclotron will produce accelerated beam of ions in the range from neon to uranium. The parameters, design, and results of the experimental and 3D computer modeling of the flat-top cavity of the RF accelerating system of the DC-280 cyclotron are reported.     

Compact CC-18/9, CC-12, and MCC-30/15 cyclotrons for the production of medical radioisotopes

A compact cyclotron concept is presented, the design features of advanced compact cyclotrons are highlighted, the performance specifications of the accelerators are described, and the results of numerical simulation and experimental investigation of the main (magnetic and acceleration) systems are given.     

Design of a magnetic system for an MCC 30/15 cyclotron and field formation with movable shims

To accelerate ions with different charge-to-mass ratios, isochronous dependences of the magnetic field that differ both in the mean value of the field and in its spatial distribution are needed. An approach to configuring such a field in isochronous cyclotrons using magnetic shims is suggested. Field maps obtained experimentally and via computer simulation to accelerate negative hydrogen and deuteron ions in an MCC 30/15 cyclotron intended for medical purposes are presented. The cyclotron was designed and fabricated in 2007–2009 in NIIEFA (St. Petersburg, Russia) and delivered to the University of Jyväskylä (Finland).     

Designing magnetic systems for advanced compact isochronous cyclotrons by means of mathematical simulation

Specific features in designing magnetic systems for compact isochronous cyclotrons using the methods of mathematical simulation are described. A method based on the mathematical synthesis of cyclotron electromagnets is suggested that has made it possible to design, fabricate, adjust, and put in production a number of accelerators with common design patterns. Developed systems of movable shims allow magnetic field reconfiguration to provide acceleration of different sorts of ions.     

Proposed design of axial injection system for the DC-280 cyclotron

The design of the high-voltage axial injection system for the DC-280 cyclotron that is being constructed at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (FLNR) at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is presented. The injection system will make it possible to efficiently inject ions of elements ranging from helium to uranium with the ratios of their atomic mass to the charge varying from 4 to 7.5.     

3D simulation of the ion-beam transport in bending magnets and electrostatic deflectors

The equations and algorithms for calculating the charged-particle-beam dynamics in bending magnets and electrostatic deflectors, which are used in the ion-beam transport lines and spectrometers, are presented. Calculations of the electromagnetic field 3D maps are illustrated. The value of the electromagnetic-field nonlinearities and their effect on the particle dynamics are analyzed. The simulation of the ion dynamics in the axial injection beam line of the DC-280 cyclotron and GALS spectrometer created at the JINR Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (FLNR) is described.     

Central region design for a 10 MeV internal ion source cyclotron

Internal ion sources are widely adopted in commercial cyclotrons used for short-life isotopes produc-tion. Without beam manipulation provided by the external beam injection line, the central region of this type of cyclotron is more sensitive and should be carefully designed. A design study and beam dynamics simulation for the central region of a 10 MeV compact cyclotron is presented. The OPERA3D/TOSCA code was used to calculate the electric field from a parameterized three dimensional (3D) central region model. With iterative structure optimizations of the central region, the beam centering and vertical focusing is well controlled, and the RF phase acceptance is around 25° A c++ code for beam simulation in the central region was developed and tested.     

Magnet design and beam dynamics in computed fields for the DC-350 cyclotron

The DC-350 is an isochronous cyclotron designed in the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reaction (FLNR). It is intended for accelerating ions with a mass-to-charge ratio A/Z within an interval of 5–10 and with an energy of 3–12 MeV/u at the extraction radius. These ion beams will be used in nuclear and applied physics experiments. The paper describes the results of a 3D magnet simulation. The cyclotron magnet and IM90 analiziting-bend magnet of the axial injection channel are studied here. The influence of correction coils on the cyclotron magnet is calculated. All magnet fields were calculated by MERMAID 3D code [1]. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

回旋加速器的应用

回旋加速器在核物理研究中发挥过重要的作用,现在和将来仍然是核物理研究领域的主要工具之一,随着核科学,核技术及核医学等高新技术的发展,回旋加速器在这些领域中的应用空间和发展前景已引起人们的关注,文章介绍了回旋加速器发展概况及其在核物理,核医学与核技术等领域的主要应用。     

Central region design for a 10 MeV internal ion source cyclotron

Internal ion sources are widely adopted in commercial cyclotrons used for short-life isotopes production. Without beam manipulation provided by the external beam injection line, the central region of this type of cyclotron is more sensitive and should be carefully designed. A design study and beam dynamics simulation for the central region of a 10 MeV compact cyclotron is presented. The OPERA3D/TOSCA code was used to calculate the electric field from a parameterized three dimensional （3D） central region model. With iterative structure optimizations of the central region, the beam centering and vertical focusing is well controlled, and the RF phase acceptance is around 25°. A c＋＋ code for beam simulation in the central region was developed and tested.