HIAT2022 - List of Authors (D’Agostino, G.)

Paper	Title	Page
TUP17	Beam Dynamics and Space Charge Studies for the InnovaTron Cyclotron	108
	G. D’Agostino, W.J.G.M. Kleeven IBA, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
	At IBA a high-intensity compact self-extracting cyclotron is being studied. There is no dedicated extraction device but instead, a special shaping of the magnetic iron and the use of harmonic coils to create large turn-separation. Proton currents up to 5 mA are aimed for. This would open new ways for large-scale production of medical radioisotopes. The main features of the cyclotron are presented. A major variable of the beam simulations is the space charge effect in the cyclotron center. Using the SCALA-solver of Opera3D, we attempt to find the ion source plasma meniscus and the beam phase space and current extracted from it. With these properties known, we study the bunch formation and acceleration under high space charge condition with our in-house tracking code AOC. We also discuss a new tool that automatizes optimization of cyclotron settings for maximizing beam properties such as extraction efficiency. *Work supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 886190
	Poster TUP17 [2.549 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-HIAT2022-TUP17
About •	Received ※ 28 June 2022 — Revised ※ 10 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 29 September 2022 — Issue date ※ 29 September 2022
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Beam Dynamics and Space Charge Studies for the InnovaTron Cyclotron

108

G. D’Agostino, W.J.G.M. Kleeven
IBA, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

At IBA a high-intensity compact self-extracting cyclotron is being studied. There is no dedicated extraction device but instead, a special shaping of the magnetic iron and the use of harmonic coils to create large turn-separation. Proton currents up to 5 mA are aimed for. This would open new ways for large-scale production of medical radioisotopes. The main features of the cyclotron are presented. A major variable of the beam simulations is the space charge effect in the cyclotron center. Using the SCALA-solver of Opera3D, we attempt to find the ion source plasma meniscus and the beam phase space and current extracted from it. With these properties known, we study the bunch formation and acceleration under high space charge condition with our in-house tracking code AOC. We also discuss a new tool that automatizes optimization of cyclotron settings for maximizing beam properties such as extraction efficiency.
*Work supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 886190

Poster TUP17 [2.549 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-HIAT2022-TUP17

About •

Received ※ 28 June 2022 — Revised ※ 10 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 29 September 2022 — Issue date ※ 29 September 2022

Cite •

reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)