Development of beam-pointing stabilizer on a 10-TW Ti:Al2O3 laser system JLITE-X for laser-excited ion accelerator research

We developed a beam-pointing stabilizer for a 10-TW Ti:sapphire laser system to study laser-induced ion acceleration. We confirmed the improvement in the laser beam pointing stability by using a 10-TW laser system (we call it JLITE-X) at JAERI-APRC. The original long-term pointing stability on a 10-TW laser system is ～70 μrad without beam stabilizing. By using a beam-pointing stabilizer, the laser beam stability was improved within 10 μrad. If f/1 focusing optics and a target which is tilted 45° to the target normal is used, the fluctuation of the laser intensity at the focus will be improved from 80% without stabilizing to <0.4% with it.     

Particle-in-cell mode beam dynamics simulation of the low energy beam transport for the SSC-linac injector

A new SSC-linac system (injector into separated sector cyclotron) is being designed in the HIRFL (heavy ion research facility of Lanzhou). As part of SSC-Linac, the LEBT (low energy beam transport) consists of seven solenoids, four quadrupoles, a bending magnet and an extra multi-harmonic buncher. The total length of this segment is about 7 meters. The beam dynamics in this LEBT has been studied using three-dimensional PIC (particle-in-cell) code BEAMPATH. The simulation results show that the continuous beam from the ion source is first well analyzed by a charge-to-mass selection system, and the beam of the selected charge-to-mass ratio is then efficiently pre-bunched by a multi-harmonic buncher and optimally matched into the RFQ (radio frequency quadrupole) for further acceleration. The principles and effects of the solenoid collimation channel are discussed, and it could limit the beam emittance by changing the aperture size.     

Ion source and stripper gas cell developments for the 6 MeV tandemheavy ion beam probe on the Large Helical Device

The feasibility of a heavy ion beam with a tandem acceleration system for plasma potential measurement has been examined. A plasma-sputter-type ion source which produces an Au^- beam with an energy width as small as 6 eV and a reasonably small emittance of π mm-mrad (MeV)^½, can be used for this purpose. Suitable target gas thickness for a charge exchange is estimated to be less than 10¹⁵ atom/cm² at the 3 MV terminal voltage     

H− superconducting cyclotron for PET isotope production

The scientific design of a 14-MeV H^? compact superconducting cyclotron for producing of the ¹⁸F and ¹³N isotopes has been developed. Main requirements to the facility as a medical accelerator are met in the design. In particular, the main requirement for the cyclotron was the smallest possible size due to the superconducting magnet. The calculations show that the proposed cyclotron allows extracted beam intensity over 500 μA. To increase system reliability and production rates, an external H^? ion source is applied. The choice of the cyclotron concept, design of the structure elements, calculation of the electromagnetic fields and beam dynamics from the ion source to the extraction system were performed.     

兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环

 兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环HIRFL-CSR,是一个多用途、多功能的双冷却储存环同步加速器系统,由主环CSRm和实验环CSRe构成,并以兰州重离子级联回旋加速器HIRFL作注入器。CSR利用高频变谐波的方法,将重离子束的能量从7～25 MeV/u同步加速到２00～1 000 MeV/u,同时利用重离子储存环中空心电子束冷却技术将束流品质提高１个数量级,并通过储存环的快引出及慢引出,提供多种类的重离子束以及放射性次级束(RIBs),以开展范围更广精度更高的物理实验。该装置于2007年投入运行,已取得了重要的运行结果,如实现了剥离注入与多圈注入、空心电子束对重离子束的冷却与累积、变谐波宽能区同步加速、等时性环型谱仪、RIBs的产生收集与ToF高分辨质量测量以及高能重离子束的变能慢引出等。     

An active magnetic channels system for in-beam study of hyperfine interactions

An active magnetic channels system has been constructed, in which the beam deflection is compensated by a pair of electromagnets close to the main magnet together with a steering magnet upstream. The residual beam deflection on the target is estimated to be ¦Δφ¦≤0.6°.     

Distribution uniformity of laser-accelerated proton beams

Compared with conventional accelerators,laser plasma accelerators can generate high energy ions at a greatly reduced scale,due to their TV/m acceleration gradient.A compact laser plasma accelerator(CLAPA) has been built at the Institute of Heavy Ion Physics at Peking University.It will be used for applied research like biological irradiation,astrophysics simulations,etc.A beamline system with multiple quadrupoles and an analyzing magnet for laser-accelerated ions is proposed here.Since laser-accelerated ion beams have broad energy spectra and large angular divergence,the parameters(beam waist position in the Y direction,beam line layout,drift distance,magnet angles etc.) of the beamline system are carefully designed and optimised to obtain a radially symmetric proton distribution at the irradiation platform.Requirements of energy selection and differences in focusing or defocusing in application systems greatly influence the evolution of proton distributions.With optimal parameters,radially symmetric proton distributions can be achieved and protons with different energy spread within ±5% have similar transverse areas at the experiment target.     

Heavy ion beam scanning system of DC-110 accelerator

A heavy ion acceleration complex for industrial applications based on the DC-110 cyclotron has been developed at the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. It is planned to irradiate polymer films with a width of up to 600 mm at this complex. This paper presents a design of a system for scanning heavy ion beam which offers uniform film irradiation at a beam energy of up to 2.5 MeV/nucleon. The general concept of the two-channel scanning system and the design of the main deflecting magnets are described.     

Heavy Ion Beam Probe Plasma Diagnostic System for the Deep Magnetic Well Lite Device

A heavy ion beam probe plasma diagnostic system has been developed for the Laser Initiated Target Experiment (LITE) at UTRC. This is the first application of ion beam probing to a plasma confined by a strongly three dimensional magnetic field. The deep magnetic well, minimum-B field produced by the "baseball" magnet coil results in complex trajectories and severe defocusing of both the injected primary beam and detected secondary beam. Spatial resolution can be maintained by aperturing the entrance slit to the detector or installing compensating ion optics. The system is capable of space and time resolved measurements of plasma density and space potential near the central region of the mirror-confined plasma.     

利用质子能损检测气体靶区有效靶原子密度的实验研究

准确测量气态靶区的有效靶原子密度能够提升离子与气体和离子与等离子体靶相互作用实验结果的精度和对物理过程的认识.实验中利用离子加速器引出的100 ke V质子束穿过一定长度的氢气靶,对质子的剩余能量进行了精确测量,获得了在气体靶内的质子能损数据,结合已有的能损研究结果,重新标定了气体靶区内的有效靶原子密度.分别比较了能损、电离型真空计IonIVac ITR 90和薄膜电容型真空计Varian CDG-500的实验测量结果,对比了修正后的电离型真空计有效气压曲线,结果发现质子束能损的测量方式具有原位、高准确性、在线监测等突出优势,为诊断气态靶有效原子密度提供了新的方法.     

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EAST NBI束线综合测试台已研制完成并具备一台兆瓦级离子源测试运行的全套电源设备,包括离子源灯丝电源、弧电源、加速器电源、抑制极电源、偏转磁体电源及缓冲器电源等。介绍了EAST兆瓦级离子源进行起弧放电调试运行的方式,叙述了各套离子源电源系统的设计结构、技术特点及运行控制方式,分析了离子源电源系统稳定可靠运行需要解决的各个难点,给出了EAST束线样机进行高功率及长脉冲束引出测试运行的实验结果。     

医用重离子回旋加速器引出系统设计

紧凑型回旋加速器作为重离子医学专用装置同步加速器的注入器,其引出系统设计所用的磁场为TOSCA模型计算磁场。通过单粒子轨道计算确定引出系统的元件类型及基本参数;通过多粒子跟踪确定最终的元件参数和束流参数。为了提高引出效率,改善引出束流品质,在引出位置磁场梯度较大的位置,安放了一块C型磁铁,以改善此处的磁场梯度。同时,为了消除此C型磁铁对主磁场的影响,在此区域安放了一对线圈。计算结果表明引出系统的设计能够保证引出束流的强度和品质符合同步加速器的要求。     

Study on using high injection voltage and spiral inflector in the central region of VEC

A feasibility study of using high injection voltage and spiral inflector in the present heavy ion central region of VEC is described. Conditions necessary for waist-to-waist transfer of the ion beam in the hole lens of main magnet have been obtained. The results of orbit studies of a variety of heavy ions indicate that a spiral inflector can be used in the central region.     

重离子治疗肿瘤点扫描控制系统

为了实现重离子治疗肿瘤点扫描,对扫描磁铁进行相应的控制。治疗计划进行剂量与肿瘤适形数据的生成,并传输至点扫描控制器与剂量控制器。同时也向点扫描控制器中存入事例数据,以纳入整个加速器控制时序,等待同步时间事例系统的事例触发。点扫描控制器根据剂量控制器的脉冲控制换点治疗操作以及进行换点治疗的扫描磁铁插值算法平滑处理。剂量控制器对气体电离室前端电子学已经刻度的剂量脉冲进行计数。当达到治疗剂量时,控制法拉第筒来阻挡束流,实现点扫描安全治疗。实验证明在现有的电源与磁铁等设备条件以及束流品质下,点扫描控制系统能实现2mm点间距扫描。     

Particle-in-cell mode beam dynamics simulation of the low energy beam transport for the SSC-linac injector

A new SSC-linac system (injector into separated sector cyclotron) is being designed in the HIRFL (heavy ion research facility of Lanzhou). As part of SSC-Linac, the LEBT (low energy beam transport) consists of seven solenoids, four quadrupoles, a bending magnet and an extra multi-harmonic buncher. The total length of this segment is about 7 meters. The beam dynamics in this LEBT has been studied using three-dimensional PIC (particle-in-cell) code BEAMPATH. The simulation results show that the continuous beam from the ion source is first well analyzed by a charge-to-mass selection system, and the beam of the selected charge-to-mass ratio is then efficiently pre-bunched by a multi-harmonic buncher and optimally matched into the RFQ (radio frequency quadrupole) for further acceleration. The principles and effects of the solenoid collimation channel are discussed, and it could limit the beam emittance by changing the aperture size.     

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.     

磁场可调永磁离子源

研制了一台磁场可调微波离子源, 在离子源放电室处需要的磁场由一组永久磁铁产生, 永久磁铁外部安装了铁磁回路, 铁磁回路的结构可以很容易的手动调整, 通过调整铁磁回路的结构, 可以在放电室产生要求的磁场. 在调试过程中, 也可以调整铁磁回路以改变离子源内部磁场结构, 有利于获得最佳放电条件. 该源在测试中, 从3mm直径的引出孔引出了17mA的离子束.     

High Performance, Low Energy Ion Source

An ion accelerator system using one or two fine mesh tungsten grids has been used in a magnetic multipole containment ion source to produce a continuous positive ion beam variable over a wide range of beam currents and accelerator voltages. The ion source plasma is low noise and uniform to ± 1% density variation over 9 cm diameter. Beams up to 4 cm × 4 cm have been extracted which have low divergence (±1%), uniform current density (±2%), small ion energy speed, beam ion energy variable from 200V to several thousand volts, and current densities variable from ?A per cm2 to tens of milliamperes per cm2, limited only by acceleration grid power loading or sputtering.     

基于射频功率调节的负离子源束流反馈控制研究北大核心CSCD

基于射频负离子源的中性束注入系统是高功率长脉冲(稳态)运行中性束注入系统的最佳选择。负离子源是中性束注入系统的核心部件,需要实现稳定的负离子束引出和加速。在负离子源的运行过程中引出负离子电流会发生变化,尤其在长脉冲、高能量运行条件下会更加明显,因此无法满足稳定运行的要求。为了实现引出束流的稳定引出,开展了束流反馈控制研究,研发了一套基于射频功率调节的束流反馈控制系统,并将束流反馈控制系统应用在射频负离子源测试平台,开展了束流反馈控制测试。测试结果表明束流反馈控制系统能够实现对束流的实时反馈调节以获得束流的稳定引出,验证了基于射频功率调节的束流反馈控制的可行性,为高功率射频负离子源的研制提供支持。     

二次电子对离子束流品质影响的动态研究

基于粒子云网格的计算方法,建立了具有外电路的加速系统模型,模拟了氘离子束轰击靶面产生二次电子的过程,动态地分析了二次电子的产生对离子加速电压的影响以及对氘离子束束流品质和氘离子束轰击靶面能量的影响。结果表明,当有0.06 A的二次电子电流产生时,离子加速电压将会下降45%,从而导致氘离子束束流品质下降,参与氘氚反应的氘离子数减少,相应的氘离子束轰击靶面的能量下降43.8%。