Superconducting Mini-Cyclotrons as AMS Instruments

Effects of Vertical Misalignment of Superconducting Coils in Cyclotrons

Introduction The vertical misalignment of coil fields with respect to iron fields in cyclotrons can lead to significant beam losses in the course of beam extraction. During commissioning of the Coupled Cyclotron Project at the NSCL unusually high beam losses have been observed on an extraction magnetic element of the K500 cyclotron. The beam loss was first observed on the beam current profiles ...

Cyclotrons as Drivers for Precision Neutrino Measurements

Superconducting quantum interference device instruments and applications

Superconducting quantum interference devices SQUIDs have been a key factor in the development and commercialization of ultrasensitive electric and magnetic measurement systems. In many cases, SQUID instrumentation offers the ability to make measurements where no other methodology is possible. We review the main aspects of designing, fabricating, and operating a number of SQUID measurement syste...

Isotope Production with Cyclotrons

In the last two decades cyclotron produced isotopes have gained increasing importance in nuclear medicine diagnosis. The lecture will cover aspects on target technology with regard to production efficency, quality, reliability and automation. The production methods for the most commonly used radionuclides will be described. An example for two routine production systems based on gas target techn...

Injection into Cyclotrons

A great variety of injection processes exist depending on the type of cyclotron considered. Designing the central region where the injection is achieved requires careful studies which are briefly presented. Among the possibilities for external injection in compact machines, the axial method which is frequently used is discussed in more detail.