Design and construction progress of BRIF

A new RIB project, the Beijing Radioactive Ion-beam Facility (BRIF), has been running at CIAE since 2004. In this project, a 100 MeV H-cyclotron, CYCIAE-100, is selected as the driving accelerator providing a 75-100 MeV, 200-500 μA proton beam. An ISOL system employs two stage separators to reach the mass resolution of 20000. Its RIB beam will be injected into the existing Tandem and a superconducting booster installed down stream of the Tandem will increase the energy by 2 MeV/q. The progress of BRIF, giving special emphasis to CYCIAE-100, will be introduced in this paper.     

Study of energy deposition and stripper temperature for CYCIAE-100

Nowadays high intensity proton accelerators are extensively applied, and this paper gives particular emphasis on CYCIAE-100, a 100 MeV high intensity compact cyclotron being constructed at CIAE. For accelerators of this type, the study is focused on how to improve the beam intensity. As for CYCIAE-100, the charge-exchange extraction is used to get protons. So it is crucial to enhance the lifetime of the stripping foil, which is largely determined by the energy deposition on it. For this cyclotron, due to the influence of the magnetic field, the electrons will spin near the foil and lose energy each time when they cross the foil. The energy deposition refers to all the energy deposition of protons and electrons. This paper stresses the stripper study of CYCIAE-100, in which the particle distribution on the foil is simulated and the energy deposition of the protons and electrons stripped from the H- ions are calculated. The temperature distributions are then calculated as a main reference for the foil design.     

螺线管磁场缺陷对电子束横向温度的影响

分析了直螺线管磁场缺陷的来源,考虑了电子束的空间电荷作用,采用数值方法模拟计算了磁场缺陷对电子束横向温度的影响 ,获得了电子冷却装置中直螺线管磁场的均匀性要求.结果表明,当相对磁场缺陷小于1× 1 0-3时 ,影响可以被忽略.In order to obtain the tolerance requirement for the magnetic field homogeneity of the solenoids in electron cooling device, the source of the magnetic imperfection and its influence on the transverse temperature of electron beam were investigated by means of numerical simulation, and taking the space charge effect of electron beam into account. The calculated result shows that the influence of the imperfection of magnetic field will be negligible when the relative magnetic field...     

Study on CYCIAE-100 radiation field and residual radioactivity

The accelerators should be properly designed to make the radiation field produced by beam loss satisfy the dose limits. The radiation field for high intensity H- cyclotron includes prompt radiation and residual radiation field. The induced radioactivity in accelerator components is the dominant source of occupational radiation exposure if the accelerator is well shielded. The source of radiation is the beam loss when cyclotron is operating. In this paper, the radiation field for CYCIAE-100 is calculated using Monte Carlo method and the radioactive contamination near stripping foil is studied. A method to reduce the dose equivalent rate of maintenance staff is also given.     

Study of energy deposition and stripper temperature for CYCIAE-100

Nowadays high intensity proton accelerators are extensively applied, and this paper gives particular emphasis on CYCIAE-100, a 100~MeV high intensity compact cyclotron being constructed at CIAE. For accelerators of this type, the study is focused on how to improve the beam intensity. As for CYCIAE-100, the charge-exchange extraction is used to get protons. So it is crucial to enhance the lifetime of the stripping foil, which is largely determined by the energy deposition on it. For this cyclotron, due to the influence of the magnetic field, the electrons will spin near the foil and lose energy each time when they cross the foil. The energy deposition refers to all the energy deposition of protons and electrons. This paper stresses the stripper study of CYCIAE-100, in which the particle distribution on the foil is simulated and the energy deposition of the protons and electrons stripped from the H^－ ions are calculated. The temperature distributions are then calculated as a main reference for the foil design.     

Stripping extraction calculation and simulation for CYCIAE-100

A 100 MeV H- compact cyclotron is under construction at China Institute of Atomic Energy (CYCIAE-100). The proton beams of 75 MeV-100 MeV at an intensity of 200 μA will be extracted in dual opposite directions by charge exchange stripping devices. The crossing point at the switching magnet center is fixed inside the magnet yoke and the stripping points for various extraction energies are calculated by the code CYCTRS. With the code GOBLIN, we can calculate the transfer matrix including the dispersion effects from the stripping point to the switch magnet. The beam distribution just after stripping foil can be obtained from the multi-particle tracking code COMA and the extracted beam parameters after the switch magnet such as emittance, envelope, dispersion, energy spread, bunch length, etc. are given by the extraction orbit simulations.     

100 MeV强流质子回旋加速器束流调试靶系统

中国原子能科学研究院正在建造一台100 MeV,200 A的强流质子回旋加速器,需要使用束流调试靶来调试加速器,为此设计了一套束流功率为20 kW的质子束调试系统。对该系统的束流输运线、靶材料的选取、靶结构、水冷计算、屏蔽结构等作了介绍。给出了整条束流输运线的匹配计算结果;通过对质子打靶后的中子产额、角通量、靶的活化等方面的比较,最终选用铝作为靶材料;根据加速器引出束流能量和功率,设计了分层式靶结构,同时对靶进行了水冷计算;打靶产生的出射粒子平均能量较高,导致产生的辐射剂量很大,考虑到对环境与工作人员的影响及费用,需要对其进行局部屏蔽,给出了屏蔽计算结果及屏蔽结构的设计。     

紧凑型回旋加速器物理问题及调束技术

介绍了紧凑型回旋加速器CYCIAE-100的特点及设计过程中重点考虑的一些物理问题,如紧凑型直边扇磁铁结构的轴向聚焦、异性高频谐振腔的设计、空间电荷效应等。研究了该加速器的调束技术,包括调束方案、诊断设备布局及径向靶测量的束流信息、物理图像。CYCIAE-100的主磁铁设计中,为降低磁铁和高频腔的加工难度而采用直边扇形磁极,为解决直边扇形磁极在大半径处的轴向聚焦力下降的问题,采用变气隙技术,从而有效提高轴向聚焦力。采用自行开发的基于PIC技术的宏离子模拟程序OPAL-CYCL进行了空间电荷效应的研究,结果表明,CYCIAE-100的极限流强为10 mA。     

Physics design of CYCAIE-100

The design and construction of Beijing Radioactive Ion-beam Facility (BRIF) was started at China Institute of Atomic Energy -CIAE) in 2004. In this project, a 100 MeV high intensity cyclotron, CYCIAE100, is selected as a driving accelerator for radioactive ion beam production. It will provide a proton beam of 75—100 MeV with an intensity of 200—500 μA. The scheme adopted in this design, i.e., stripping the accelerated H-, makes the structure more compact and construction cost much lower. At present, the design for each system has been accomplished. This paper depicts the basic physics design of the machine, including its major structure and parameters, beam dynamics and each relevant system, e.g. basic structure of the main magnet, numerical simulation of the RF resonant cavity, axial injection system, central region, and study on crucial physics problems concerning the extraction and beam lines. The major problems encountered during the design of CYCIAE-100 are also summarized in this paper.     

Study on CYCIAE-100 radiation field and residual radioactivity

The accelerators should be properly designed to make the radiation field produced by beam loss satisfy the dose limits. The radiation field for high intensity H^－ cyclotron includes prompt radiation and residual radiation field. The induced radioactivity in accelerator components is the dominant source of occupational radiation exposure if the accelerator is well shielded. The source of radiation is the beam loss when cyclotron is operating. In this paper, the radiation field for CYCIAE-100 is calculated using Monte Carlo method and the radioactive contamination near stripping foil is studied. A method to reduce the dose equivalent rate of maintenance staff is also given.     

基于PIC方法的二维束流动力学模拟程序及其初步应用

为了深入研究强流负氢束在强流质子回旋加速器CYCIAE-100轴向注入线中的传输, 利用split-operator方法分解外场和束流自身的空间电荷场的作用. 对外 场利用单粒子跟踪技术, 采用一阶线性近似; 对空间电荷场采用PIC方法, 利用 快速傅里叶变换求解Poisson方程. 用FORTRAN95语言开发了一个基于面向对象技术的二维宏粒子传输计算程序CYCPIC2D, 本程序可以计算任意分布的强流束在输运线上的传输.最后给出了对CYCIAE-100注入线的模拟计算结果, 并和程序ORBIT, TRACE 3-D的结果进行比对验证, 结果表明: 空间电荷效应在此注入线上有较大的影响, 而且3个程序计算的不同中性化的结果基本上一致; 束流强度达到几十毫安时, 基于PIC方法的两个程序CYCPIC2D和ORBIT的计算结果完全吻合, 而线性近似程序TRACE 3-D有明显差异.     

30MeV医用回旋加速器气体靶束流线的研制

中国原子能科学研究院于1994年研究建成我国第一台医用强流回旋加速器CYCIAE-30及配套放射性同位素生产线, 目前为了增加气体靶以生产新品种医用同位素, 在原有束流输运线的基础上开展了束流输运系统的升级改造方案设计, 包括束流线的总体布局考虑和光学设计, 并根据束流光学设计的结果, 进行了新增束流线上电磁元件的设计. 在物理设计的基础上, 还进行了施工设计以及各分系统的加工、调试、安装, 并以物理设计得到的参数为依据进行了束流调试, 靶上得到的束斑与理论值有较好的符合, 满足设计要求.     

100MeV强流质子回旋加速器高频腔公差研究

针对中国原子能科学研究院正在设计的100MeV强流质子回旋加速器, 研究并提出高频腔公差. 高频腔的误差包括加工安装的误差和重力引起的D板变形. 加工安装误差的存在干扰束团的径向和轴向运动, 用理论分析和数值模拟相结合的方法给出加工安装的公差; D板的重力变形引起加速间隙的轴向错位从而使束团产生轴向的相干振荡, 计算结果表明目前结构的D板变形在允许范围内.     

Toward a storage ring with no shear

One barrier to the attainment of a crystalline ordered state for a well-cooled beam in a storage ring will be the viscous heating by the shear induced in the bending fields of the ring. Shear will transfer some of the energy of coherent motion to thermal energy and may prevent reaching the very low temperatures required for formation of the ordered state. A concept for a ring is proposed in which shear within a monoenergetic beam of finite size is substantially reduced by means of combined electrostatic and magnetic fields within the bending elements.     

Vertical focusing study in the central region of the CYCIAE-100 cyclotron

The vertical focusing is one of the primary problems in the central region of cyclotrons. This focusing effect brought about by the magnetic field is inclined to be weak near the center of the machine due to the fact that the flutter is small, while the electric focusing forces incurred from the dee gaps become very strong. Since the electric focusing effect is dependent on the RF phase, we have proceeded to carry out analytical calculations and numerical simulation about the vertical focusing in the central region of CYCIAE100, including magnetic focusing, electric focusing and the defocusing effect from the space charge effect. All the results have been used for the design of the central region for CYCIAE-100 and a good vertical focusing has been obtained.     

抽运-检测型非线性磁光旋转铷原子磁力仪的研究

报道了一种抽运-检测型的非线性磁光旋转铷原子磁力仪.其原理是线偏振光通过处于外磁场环境中被极化的原子介质后,由于原子对线偏振光中左、右圆偏成分不同的吸收和色散,导致光的偏振方向会产生与磁场相关的转动.分析了该磁力仪的工作原理,并测试了它对不同磁场大小的响应.测试结果表明,磁力仪测量范围为100—100000 nT,极限灵敏度为0.2 p T/Hz~(1/2),磁场分辨率为0.1 p T.进一步研究了不同磁场下原子系综极化态的横向弛豫时间,讨论了原子磁力仪高磁场采样率的获得方法.本文的原子磁力仪在5000—100000 n T的磁场测量范围内磁场采样率可实现1—1000 Hz范围内可调,能够测量低频的微弱交变磁场.本文的研究内容为大磁场测量范围、高灵敏度、高磁场采样率的原子磁力仪研制提供了重要参考.     

The design and construction of a pulsed beam generation system based on high intensity cyclotron

In order to perform the studies on a pulsed beam generation system based on a high intensity cyclotron, a test beam line with a pulsed beam generation for a 10 MeV compact cyclotron (CYCIAE-10) has been designed and constructed at China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE). A 70 MHz continuous H-beam can be pulsed to the pulse length of less than 10 ns with a repetition rate of 4.4 MHz. The sine waveform with a frequency of 2.2 MHz is adopted for the chopper and a mesh structure with single drift and dual gaps is used for the 70 MHz buncher. A helical resonator is designed and constructed based on simulations and experiments on the RF matching for the chopper. A helical inductance loop that is exceptionally large of its kind and equipped with water cooling for the resonator has been successfully wound and a 500 W solid RF amplifier has been manufactured. A special measuring device has been designed, which can be used to measure both the DC beam and the pulsed beam. The required pulsed beam was obtained after pulsed beam tuning.     

Detecting magnetic field direction by a micro beam operating in different vibration modes

A new method to detect the magnetic field direction by using a silicon structure is presented in this paper. The structure includes a micro beam and an in-plane coil electrode. When the electrode under a magnetic field is applied with an alternating current, the micro beam is actuated under the effect of the Lorentz forces. Magnetic fields of different directions cause different vibration profiles. The direction of the magnetic field is obtained by measuring the vibration amplitudes of the micro beam, which is driven to work at first- and second-order resonant modes. A micro structure has been fabricated using the bulk micromachined silicon process. A laser Doppler vibrometer system is implemented to measure the vibration amplitudes. The experimental results show that the amplitude of the structure, which depends on the different modes, is a sine or cosine function of the angle of the magnetic field. It agrees well with the simulation result. Currently a resolution of 10° for the magnetic field direction measurement can be obtained using the detecting principle.     

Spectrum of velocities and dynamics of electron beams in divergent magnetic fields

The dynamics of an electron beam in divergent magnetic fields has been studied. The changes in the longitudinal and transverse electron velocities in the beam and the effect of the magnetic field parameters on the dispersion of longitudinal electron velocities have been analyzed. A possibility of high-efficiency conversion modes in divergent magnetic fields has been established by methods of numerical simulation.     

Variations of relative line intensity in saturation spectroscopy due to low magnetic fields

We have observed dramatic line intensity variations in the saturation spectrum of Rb⁸⁵ and Rb⁸⁷ due to magnetic fields of magnitude on the order of 100 nT. These variations are detected by rotation of the plane of polarisation of the pump beam and probe beam relative to the magnetic field axis. A modified rate equation model is proposed which accounts for all experimentally observed features. Our results may explain some discrepancies between theory and experiment observed by other authors. Furthermore, our study should lead to a better understanding of the processes involved in saturation spectroscopy.