2019/06/18 by Jacob Kelly, Hywel Owen, Kelly, Jacob +8
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1906.07642
14 pages, 18 figures
arxiv created 2019/06/18 · openalex publication_date 2019/06/18 · arxiv updated 2019/06/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The use of superconductivity is well-known as a method to increase the average field of a cyclotron and thereby to allow a substantial reduction of its size and mass. We present a compact high-field design for the first superconducting cyclotron with rare-earth (holmium) poles. Our design supports stable acceleration of protons to Ek = 70 MeV with no significant limit in beam current, suitable for wide applications in ocular therapy, isotope production, radiobiological studies and nuclear physics.