High-Current Light-Ion Cyclotron for Applications in Nuclear Security and Radioisotope Productionстатья
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Аннотация:In this paper, we propose the conceptual design, with supporting beam dynamics results, of a normal conducting, separated-sector cyclotron with a strong-focusing field gradient designed to accelerate light ions with a charge-to-mass ratio of ½ up to 15-20 MeV/u. The design can support a host of applications for therapy, radiobiology, material science, and instrumentation development. The light ions species, which can include a mixed ion beam, can be dynamically chosen to provide a range of characteristic signals appropriate for specific material identification such as special nuclear materials. A conservative baseline concept is presented which has been optimized for radioisotope production of alpha emitters and theranostic radiopharmaceuticals. The modular design is also demonstrated to be scalable in gross physical parameters by a factor of 2 to 3, thereby reducing the size, weight and power requirements (SWaP) and enabling near term security applications.