Design and assembly of an XY-type beam current monitor for cyclotron accelerators

Henrique Barcellos; Hylton Matsuda; André L Lapolli; Luiz Carlos do A Sumyia; Fernando de C Junqueira; Osvaldo L da Costa

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110550

Design and assembly of an XY-type beam current monitor for cyclotron accelerators

Appl Radiat Isot. 2023 Feb:192:110550. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110550. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

Authors

Henrique Barcellos¹, Hylton Matsuda², André L Lapolli², Luiz Carlos do A Sumyia², Fernando de C Junqueira², Osvaldo L da Costa²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares IPEN-CNEN, Av. Professor Lineu Prestes, 2242, Cidade Universitária, CEP, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: hbolivei@ipen.br.
² Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares IPEN-CNEN, Av. Professor Lineu Prestes, 2242, Cidade Universitária, CEP, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 36436227
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110550

Abstract

A water-cooled XY-type beam current monitor was designed, manufactured and assembled in a cyclotron accelerator beam transport line. Tests were performed, demonstrating that apparatus is an instrument of great assistance in proton beam position. The XY-type beam current monitor has been widely used in liquid target irradiations, employing irradiation system which were originally designed for irradiations on 18 MeV cyclotron accelerator (Cyclone 18, IBA) only, however, with this apparatus, the target may be exchanged between the 30 MeV (Cyclone 30, IBA) and 18 MeV cyclotrons.

Keywords: Beam diagnostic; Beam transport line; Current monitor; Cyclotron; Proton beam; Radioisotope production; Target.

MeSH terms

Cyclotrons*
Radioactivity*