中国原子能科学研究院回旋加速器束流动力学与多物理场模拟技术发展与应用

经过60年的发展,中国原子能科学研究院（CIAE）独立自主地开展了基于PIC技术的强流回旋加速器束流动力学的大规模并行计算的核心算法研究,开发了CYCPIC2D、CYCPIC3D和OPAL-CYCL等强流回旋加速器束流动力学模拟程序,搭建了专用的高性能并行化计算机群PANDA。本文以CIAE已建成及在研的不同类型的回旋加速器为例,总结了回旋加速器基本束流动力学的分析方法和主要计算结果,并介绍了CIAE在回旋加速器束流动力学与多物理场模拟技术方面的发展与应用。     

用于硼中子俘获治疗的强流质子回旋加速器中心区结构优化设计

中国原子能科学研究院目前正在研制用于硼中子俘获治疗（BNCT）的强流质子回旋加速器,该加速器设计引出能量14 MeV、质子束流强大于1 mA。相比引出流强为400 μA的PET回旋加速器,BNCT强流质子回旋加速器对中心区相位接收度和轴向聚焦的要求更高。为实现mA量级的束流的加速和引出,BNCT强流质子回旋加速器采取了增加负氢束流注入能量、增大磁铁镶条孔径、使用用于增大Dee盒头部张角的阶梯状结构及调整加速间隙的入口和出口高度等一系列中心区结构优化设计,有效地提高了中心区的相位接收度,改善了轴向电聚焦。在新的离子源注入能量下通过数值计算得到实测场下的轴向电聚焦和间隙高度的关系,选取合适的间隙高度获得最佳的轴向聚焦,从而确定了mA量级束流的注入和加速的中心区结构。同时在设计中考虑空间电荷效应的影响,计算了不同流强下的束流尺寸变化。中心区结构在实测磁场下的优化设计计算结果表明,BNCT强流质子回旋加速器中心区的束流对中好于0.5 mm,相位接收度大于40°,中心区最高可接收流强3 mA。目前,新的中心区结构已进入机械加工阶段。     

中国原子能科学研究院紧凑型强流质子回旋加速器剥离引出技术研究

中国原子能科学研究院(CIAE)在20世纪90年代建造了一台30 MeV紧凑型强流质子回旋加速器后,经过近30年的发展,先后自主研发成功了基于剥离引出技术的能量为10 MeV、14 MeV、100 MeV、硼中子俘获治疗用14 MeV/1 mA等系列能量的紧凑型强流质子回旋加速器。建成的100 MeV紧凑型强流质子回旋加速器(CYCIAE-100),是目前国际上能量较高的一台紧凑型强流质子回旋加速器,最高流强达到520 μA,束流功率达到52 kW。建成的硼中子俘获治疗用的质子回旋加速器,也是我国首次自主研发成功的引出质子束流强达到mA量级的强流质子回旋加速器。在系列能量的紧凑型强流质子回旋加速器研发过程中,CIAE对剥离引出后的束流色散效应、剥离膜与束流夹角对引出后的束流品质的影响、单圈剥离引出技术等紧凑型强流质子回旋加速器剥离引出技术等方面展开了研究,且自主开发出了剥离引出计算程序,为紧凑型强流质子回旋加速器的应用作出了贡献。     

Physics design of a 70 MeV high intensity cyclotron, CYCIAE-70

This paper introduces the physics design of a 70 MeV high intensity cyclotron at China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), which is aimed for multiple uses including radioactive ion-beam (RIB) production. The machine adopts a compact structure of four straight sectors, capable of accelerating two kinds of beams, i.e. H⁻ and D⁻ . The proton and deuteron beam will be extracted in dual opposite directions by charge exchange stripping devices. The energy of the extracted proton beam is in the range 35-70 MeV with an intensity up to 700 μA. The corresponding values for the deuteron beam are 18-33 MeV and 40 μA. This paper will present the main characteristics and parameters in the design of the 70 MeV cyclotron, the results of the basic beam dynamics study, as well as the physics in the design of the different systems, including the main magnet, RF, injection and extraction systems, etc.     

回旋加速器束流输运系统离子光学特性分析

为了提高束流在输运系统中的传输效率,改善靶点的束斑特性,本文用TRANSPORT程序对四川大学回旋加速器束流传输系统的光学特性进行了计算和分析。 TRANSPORT是采用矩阵方法计算带电粒子束在输运系统中光学特性的通用计算机程序,并能利用非线性最小二乘法和耦合系数方法对系统参数实行优化,广泛用于束流传输系     

300MeV/A H_2~+可变能量超导回旋加速器束流引出物理设计研究

针对单粒子效应测试对质子束能量的要求,中国原子能科学研究院设计了一台300 MeV/A H_2~+超导回旋加速器,该加速器使用超导线圈实现主磁铁小型化,剥离引出H_2~+离子获得可变能量的质子束。通过调节剥离点位置和分析剥离后质子的轨迹与束流包络,对该加速器引出过程的束流动力学进行了研究,完成了引出过程的物理设计。结果表明,此台加速器可在205~240 MeV、265~300 MeV内连续变能量引出质子,在更低能量范围内有单能量点引出质子的能力。     

Experimental verification of an APF linac for a proton therapy facility

Alternating phase focusing (APF) is known as a beam focusing method; it was applied to an interdigital H-mode structure and successfully accelerated high current proton beams up to the desired energy for a medical synchrotron injector. A high-current APF linac was achieved by the optimal design of the cavity and the drift tubes themselves, as well as drift tube arrangement based on the co-iteration of a precise electromagnetic field and space charge beam dynamics.A proton injector for a medical accelerator complex was fabricated with the newly developed APF linac. The injector consists of an electron cyclotron resonance ion source, a radio-frequency quadrupole linac and the APF linac. The experimental results showed that over 10 mA proton beams were accelerated up to 7.4 MeV.     

The cyclotron development activities at CIAE

The cyclotron has an obvious advantage in offering high average current and beam power. Cyclotron development for various applications, e.g. radioactive ion-beam (RIB) generation, clean nuclear energy systems, medical diagnostics and isotope production, were performed at China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) for over 50 years. At the moment two cyclotrons are being built at CIAE, the 100 MeV, CYCIAE-100, and a 14 MeV, the CYCIAE-14. Meanwhile, we are designing and proposing to build a number of cyclotrons with different energies, among them are the CYCIAE-70, the CYCIAE-800, and the upgrading of CYCIAE-CRM, which is going to increase its beam current to mA level. The contribution will present an overall introduction to the cyclotron development activities conducted at CIAE, with different emphasis to each project in order to demonstrate the design and construction highlights.     

强流回旋加速器静电注入偏转板设计方法研究

从离子在回旋加速器静电注入偏转板中的运动方程出发，对注入偏转板完成了了计算机辅助设计，并给出辅助加工数据。计算设计和束流仿真过程全部在ＰＣ－４８６微机上完成，形成一个注入偏转板设计软件包，并且可以与已开发的“智能化回旋加速器主磁铁ＣＡＥ系统”配套使用，使回旋加速器的整机开发前进了一步。     

Conceptual design of an 800 MeV high power proton driver

This paper outlines the conceptual design work of a high power proton cyclotron proposed by the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) for a spallation neutron source, accelerator driven systems, production of radioactive ion beams, and other applications. For this cyclotron the 100 MeV injection proton beam is currently considered to be provided by the CYCIAE-100 cyclotron, which is under construction at CIAE and will be later replaced by a dedicated injector for beam upgrading. In order to minimize beam losses for high intensity operation, large turn separation at the extraction has first priority. After analyzing of different scenarios, including super conducting designs, a warm magnet solution was chosen. The conceptual design, field calculations, RF cavity simulations, etc. will be presented in the paper.     

Overall design of CYCIAE-14, a 14 MeV PET cyclotron

Based on a 10 MeV CRM cyclotron developed at China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) with an achieved beam intensity of up to 430 μA, a 14 MeV high intensity compact cyclotron, CYCIAE-14, was designed and being built at CIAE. It is planned that the first machine would be in place with a span of 2 years. CYCIAE-14 is delicately designed to realize strong vertical focusing by adopting a 4-sector, variable hill-gap structure with an external ion source to achieve high intensity. A special design applied to the stripping extraction gives access to dual extraction with four beams. The adoption of sophisticated industrial technology will give the cyclotron advantages, e.g. low power consumption and high reliability. This paper is aimed to present the overall design of the machine, including the basic technical specifications, main magnet and coils, RF, ion source and axial injection, and stripping extraction, etc. It will also give an introduction to its construction schedule as well as the up-to-date progress.     

10MeV强流回旋加速器的束流调试

10MeV强流回旋加速器在中国原子能科学研究院研制成功,并取得了先进的束流指标。它是国内自主研发的首台紧凑型强流回旋加速器,具有多项技术特点。在其建造、调试过程中解决了诸多技术问题,作为一个回旋加速器综合实验装置,它不但为在建的100MeV回旋加速器提供了设计验证手段,而且也是强流回旋加速器关键部件的综合实验平台。它的建造成功,为小型回旋加速器的国产化提供了技术保证,为推广加速器在我国核医学领域的应用创造了条件。本文将重点介绍它的调试过程、解决的关键问题及调试结果。     

Development and application of a new method to shim first harmonic in compact cyclotron

In order to adequately eliminate 1st harmonic in the magnetic field of the compact cyclotron, CIAE has developed a 1st harmonic shimming method that can be applied to the four-sector compact cyclotron. The amplitude of the 1st harmonic can be reduced by adjusting the azimuthal width of the shimming bars at both sides of the sector in this method. Based on the beam dynamics requirement on the amplitude of 1st harmonic, the principle of 1st harmonic shimming method is illustrated through numerical analysis, and meanwhile, the shimming has been implemented on the magnet of CYCIAE-CRM by processing the azimuthal width using NC milling machining. The shimming result shows that it satisfies the requirement of beam dynamics. The shimming effect using this method is also analyzed and expounded in detail. The extension of this method is conducted so that it can be used to shim β_θ at the median plane induced by the installation error of the upper and lower sector poles.     

Experimental study of density pump-out on EAST

In the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak,density pump-out phenomena were observed by using a multi-channel polarimeter-interferometer system under different heating schemes of ion cyclotron resonant heating,electron cyclotron resonance heating,and neutral beam injection.The density pump-out was also induced with application of resonant magnetic perturbation,accompanied with a degradation of particle confinement.For the comparison analysis in all heating schemes,the typical plasma parameters are plasma current 400 k A,toroidal field 2 T,and line average density 2?×?10~(19)m~(-3).The experimental results show that the degree of pump-out is concerned with electron density and heating power.Low density deuterium low confinement(L-mode) plasmas(3.5?×?10~(19)m~(-3)) show strong pump-out effects.The density pump-out correlated with a significant drop of particle confinement.     

100 MeV紧凑型回旋加速器主磁铁的三维磁场有限元分析技术

100 MeV紧凑型回旋加速器主磁铁的几何结构十分复杂,但为了形成加速器束流动力学所要求的磁场分布,本文对初步设计的磁铁进行必要的简化。综合采用各种适当的三维有限元网格剖分技术,对该磁铁的磁场进行数值分析,计算精度满足加速器物理设计的要求。     

Improved energy resolution of a cyclotron beam for RBS measurements

For RBS (Rutherford Back Scattering) analysis, the quality of the beam is of premium importance because the depth profile resolution of the method is strongly dependent on the energy resolution of the probing beam. A magnetic analyzer, consisting of two 90 left-right bending magnets forming an achromatic doublet has been adapted to the Liege 20 MeV (proton) AVF (Azimuthal Varying Field) cyclotron. The energy resolution of that system has been measured by recording the resonance width of a ³²S(p,p′γ)³²S (3.38 MeV. p⁺ lab. energy). We have obtained a value of ΔE = ± 2 keV, reducing by a factor of 20 the natural dispersion of our cyclotron.We describe our magnetic analyzer system and present the results of our RBS measurements at energies up to 14 MeV α.     

Cyclotron instability in ogra

Conclusions The experimental results reported here indicate that a cyclotron instability can and does develop in Ogra. Furthermore, at the present time, as far as we know there is no other possible explanation for the anomalous magnitude and the dependence of electric field (at the cyclotron frequency) on plasma density observed experimentally. The presence of density waves with different phase velocities can cause electron heating and electron loss. In this regard, the fact that the electrons can interact with the electric waves seems to be indicated by experiments with an electron beam carried out by Yu. A. Kucheryaev and D. A. Panov [9]; these experiments indicate that an electron beam passing through a plasma along the magnetic field loses or gains energy by virtue of interaction with waves at the cyclotron frequencies corresponding to H ₂ ⁺ and H ₁ ⁺ ions.On the one hand, the effect of the cyclotron instability can cause ions to form bunches as a result of nonlinear effects, and these can lead to a more effective interaction, with the dissipation and exchange of energy. On the other hand, the existence of electric fields perpendicular to the magnetic field can cause ion drift across the magnetic field when the phase velocity of these waves is approximately equal to the ion velocity. As is evident from the table, this situation can arise in certain modes of operation. For a more detailed explanation of the effect of the cyclotron instability on ion loss and electron loss, it will be necessary to carry out further investigations. The author wishes to take this opportunity to thank I. N. Golovin for his continued interest in this work and for a number of valuable comments offered in discussions of the experimental results. E. P. Velikhov for help in carrying out the calculations, and A. N. Karkhov and V. F. Nefedov for help in carrying out the measurements with Ogra. Fruitful discussions of the experiments and the results of the calculations with colleagues working with Ogra were very helpful in determining the physical pattern of these effects.Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 72–81, January, 1963     

Numerical Simulation of Main Magnet Electromagnetic Force and Deformation for CYCIAE-100 Project

The achievement of magnetic field plays a crucial part in the design of CYCIAE-100 cyclotron, which is assumed to satisfy various beam dynamics requirements. In the compact cyclotron, magnet deformation caused by gravity, electromagnetic force and atmospheric pressure, impacts the distribution of the field on the middle plane and the space nearby. If the deformation caused by gravity and electromagnetic force is small enough, the field change can be compensated in the field mapping and shimming phase. Otherwise,     

强流负氢离子源发射度测量仪研制

在加速器技术研究中,束流发射度是反映束流品质的重要物理参数,也是加速器和束流传输线设计的重要依据。100 MeV回旋加速器采用18 mA强流负氢离子源来产生负氢束,为了准确测量离子源的发射度,研制了一台强流负氢离子源发射度测量仪,介绍了其基本原理、机械设计和实验结果,得到了离子源的发射度信息,为100 MeV回旋加速器的设计提供了发射度参数。     

The effects of beam line pressure on the beam quality of an electron cyclotron resonance ion source

The results of a series of measurements studying the possibility to use neutral gas feeding into the beam line as a way to improve the quality of the heavy ion beams produced with an electron cyclotron resonance ion source (ECRIS) are presented. Significant reduction of the beam spot size and emittance can be achieved with this method. The observed effects are presumably due to increased space charge compensation degree of the ion beam in the beam line section between the ion source and the analyzing magnet. This is the region where the neutral gas was injected. It is shown that the effects are independent of the ion source tuning. Transmission measurements through the beam line and K-130 cyclotron have been carried out to study the effects of improved ion beam quality to the transmission efficiency.