1. Injector Cyclotron for a Medical FFAG
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Design
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Injector Cyclotron for a Medical FFAG
H- compact AIMA cyclotron
M. Conjat, J. Mandrillon,
P. Mandrillon, J. Pasternak

2. concept Tentative Layout (according to J.Pasternak) Design Results
Preliminary geometry of injection line into RACCAM FFAG
AIMA cyclotron
(1.75 m diameter)
Septum 0.7 T
6 quads in straights

3. concept Concepts….Design Choices Design Results
Variable energy-extraction from 7 to 15 MeV
Suitable: 1 energy step corresponds to a 1cm depth step in tissues.
Fast acceleration
Particles reach 15 MeV in 60 turns, well separated.
Simple design
H- acceleration
Multi strippers extraction system with fast switches.
High energy gain per turn
Power is pulsed in order to get a 50 kV peak to peak acceleration voltage, with 6 gaps/turn.
A single cavity
3 dees galvanically connected, working on the 3rd Harmonic
External High Brightness H- MultiCusp Ion Source
10 mA/cm², 5mA dc (to accelerate 350mA)

4. Design Main Characteristics Results concept
high brightness multicusp ion source
TYPE OF CYCLOTRON: Negative ion
Size
1.75 diameter
Weight
13 tons
Ion source: H- MultiCusp, external
Extracted Current density (dc)
10 mA/cm²
MAGNET: Closed geometry, 3 sectors
Average field
1.55 tesla
Pole radius
38 cm
Amp turns
52580
RF SYSTEM: 1 single cavity
Number of dees 3
RF voltage
50 kV
RF frequency
70.6 MHz
RF power
~2 kW, pulsed (dc: 2%)
AIMA cyclotron for FDG Production

5. Design Extracted beam intensity requirements Results concept
Maximum Dose Rate
5 Gray/min
FFAG (100 Hz rep. rate)
proton/cycle,
3 109 proton/cycle needed at injection
With multiturns injection (10t):
3 108 proton/ turn needed at injection
10 turns to fill the FFAG
3 ms (injection F: 3 MHz, 10 revolution time)
With the Cyclotron at 70.6 /3rd Harm:
~200 cyclotron bunches
Cyclotron:
~ proton/bunch
Cyclotron DC Current equivalent
170 mA
Requirement at FFAG injection: Energy Dispersion < 50 keV
Cyclotron DC Current goal:350 mA

6. Design About the magnet design nr nz Results concept
3D calculation CST,
Compared with measures
nr & nz versus Radius with ‘EUQUIL’
B-field Isochronisms versus Radius
with ‘EUQUIL’ nr nz

7. Design About the Dynamic design Results concept
Median plane acceleration
Trajectories
& Centers of Curvature
3D electrostatic calculation
& Central region optimization with ‘AGORA’
Energy Gain in gap 6:
90 %
Energy gain in gaps optimization to accelerate fast.
R (cm)

8. Multiple strippers to find a Cyclotron Energy Focus
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concept
Design
Results
Variable energy extraction
Energy Focus
Multiple strippers to find a Cyclotron Energy Focus
Variable Energy
~7 to ~15 MeV
Strippers

9. Extraction Energy - 14 Mev
concept
concept
Design
Results
Tracking at Extraction
Envelop at Focus
Normalized Transversal Emittances:
0.5 p mm mrad vertical (worst case)
0.3 p mm mrad horizontal
+ multiple scattering due to stripper traversal
Bunch length in 1st gap: 15°
Extraction Energy - 14 Mev
Horizontal Envelop (1 s)
0.3 p mm mrad
Vertical Envelop (1 s)
5.3 p mm mrad
Energy spread
75% < 50 KeV
1 mrad
4 mm
20 mrad
15 mm

10. Extraction Energy - 11 Mev
concept
concept
Design
Results
Tracking at Extraction
Envelop at Focus
Normalized Transversal Emittances:
0.5 p mm mrad vertical (worst case)
0.3 p mm mrad horizontal
+ multiple scattering due to stripper traversal
Bunch length in 1st gap: 15°
Extraction Energy - 11 Mev
Horizontal Envelop (1 s)
0.5 p mm mrad
Vertical Envelop (1 s)
7.9 p mm mrad
Energy spread
81% < 50 KeV
0.6 mrad
4 mm
30 mrad
20 mm

11. Extraction Energy - 8 Mev
concept
concept
Design
Results
Tracking at Extraction
Envelop at Focus
Normalized Transversal Emittances:
0.5 p mm mrad vertical (worst case)
0.3 p mm mrad horizontal
+ multiple scattering due to stripper traversal
Bunch length in 1st gap: 15°
Extraction Energy - 8 Mev
Horizontal Envelop (1 s)
0.50 p mm mrad
Vertical Envelop (1 s)
10 p mm mrad
Energy spread
91% < 50 KeV
0.4 mrad
4 mm
40 mrad
30 mm

12. Thank you for your attention
concept
Design
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Thank you for your attention