Cyclotrons and their Applications

The Table of Contents for the full book PDF is as follows:

• Foreword
• Conference Committees
• Sponsors
• Opening Address by President Nelson Mandela
• A Short History of South Africa’s Cyclotrons (Banquet Speech)
• Newly Operating Cyclotrons
  • AGOR: Initial Beam Tests, Transport and Commissioning (Invited paper)
  • Commissioning of the K800 INFN Cyclotron (Invited paper)
  • The Superconducting Separated-Orbit Cyclotron TRITRON (Invited paper)
  • Commissioning of the Injector Cyclotron for Polarised and Heavy Ions at NAC
• Status Reports & Facilities Under Construction
  • High Power Operation of the PSI-Accelerators (Invited paper)
  • Upgrading the GANIL Facilities for High-Intensity Heavy Ion Beams (Invited paper)
  • High Intensity Operation of a Superconducting Cyclotron
  • Operating Status of the RCNP Separated Sector Cyclotron
  • The Super Conducting Cyclotron Project K500 at Calcutta Cyclotron Centre
  • Status Report on JAERI-AVF Cyclotron
  • Recent Performance of the TRIUMF Cyclotron and Status of the Facility
  • K130 Cyclotron – The First Years of Full Operation
  • ISL-Berlin, an Ion Beam Laboratory for Applications
  • Status Report on the GANIL Renovation Program
  • A New Injector Concept: The RFQ-Cyclotron Combination at ISL-Berlin
  • Status Report on the VINCY Cyclotron
  • H^- Cyclotron for Charge-Exchange Injection into a Synchrotron
  • Facility Status Update of IUCF
  • Status of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions JINR Heavy Ion Cyclotrons
• Compact Cyclotrons
  • Commercial Compact Cyclotrons in the 90s (Invited paper)
  • A New Type of Mini Cyclotron as Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
  • A Compact Permanent Magnet Cyclotron for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
  • High Intensity Cyclotrons for Radioisotope Production, or the Comeback of the Positive Ions
  • The IBA PET-dedicated Cyclotrons: Main Features and Improvements
  • 1 mA 30 MeV Proton Beams for Radionuclide Production
  • The NRCAM Cyclotron Facilities
  • Status of Cyclotron Design in the Efremov Institute
• Applications — General
  • Polymeric Materials Research with Cyclotrons (Invited paper)
  • The Application of a Cyclotron in Materials Research at the LAM of the European Commission
  • Application of ²³⁵U⁺ Ion Beams for Increasing the Safety of Operation in Nuclear Reactors for Atomic Power Station (APS)
  • Radioactive Beams for Material Engineering
  • Deuteron Activation of Chromium for Thin Layer Activation Studies
  • Industrial Use of a Sub-Compact Cyclotron
• Systems, Components & Technology
  • High Beam Power RF-Systems for Cyclotrons (Invited paper)
  • The Flat-Topping System for the RCNP Ring Cyclotron
  • LBNL 88-Inch Cyclotron Improvements
  • On the Development of 2 mA RF H^- Beams for Compact Cyclotrons
  • RF-Quadrupole Injectors for Cyclotrons (Invited paper)
  • Recent Beam Diagnostic Techniques (Invited paper)
  • The Diagnostics System for the Spiral R.I.B. Facility
  • Non Intercepting Beam-Current and Position Monitors for the AGOR Beamlines
  • Construction of a New Pre-Injector System for the RILAC
  • New Design of the SFC Central Region
  • Computer Modeling of the Isochronous Field in the VINCY Cyclotron
  • Computer Models of the VINCY Cyclotron Magnet
  • The C235 IBA-SHI Protontherapy Cyclotron for the NPTC Project: Magnetic System Design and Construction
  • The C235 IBA-SHI Protontherapy Cyclotron for the NPTC Project: Progress Report of the Magnetic Field Mapping and Shimming
  • Fringefield Effects in Short Quadrupoles
  • A Fast Scanmagnet for Irradiation Purposes with AGOR Beams
  • Properties of a Permanent-Magnet Dipole with Variable Field Strength and Polarity
  • Design Study of Sector Magnets of Superconducting Ring Cyclotron for the RIKEN RI Beam Factory
  • Analysis of the Final Magnetic Measurements or the L.N.S. Superconducting Cyclotron
  • The C235 IBA-SHI Protontherapy Cyclotron for the NPTC Project: RF System Design and Construction
  • Design of the R.F. Cavity for a 200 MeV Proton Superconducting Cyclotron
  • A Flat-Top Acceleration System for the NAC Light Ion Injector Cyclotron
  • The Upgraded Control of the LNS Superconducting Cyclotron Radio-Frequency System
  • The RF System of the Accelerator Complex of the Energy Amplifier
  • Experience with Electrical Contact Systems for Radio Frequencies at NAC
  • A New Buncher System for SFC
  • Beam Loss from Charge Changing Collisions in a Cyclotron
  • Beam Lifetime in the JINR Phasotron
  • Performance and Constitution of the Vacuum System in the JAERI AVF Cyclotron
  • Beam Stabilization by Feedback Control of the Accelerating Parameters in a Cyclotron
  • Development of Visual Beam Adjustment Method for Cyclotron
  • Precision Measurements of the Effects of Energy and Intensity Modulation of an Optically-Pumped Polarized Ion Source
  • Applications of MCP Phase Monitor to Operation of RIKEN Heavy Ion Accelerators
  • Improvements of the Diagnostics of the Gustaf Werner Cyclotron
  • Beam Instrumentation for an ISOL Test Stand
  • Radial and Vertical Betatron Oscillation Frequencies Observed by a Scintillation Plate and a Three Wire Tomography Monitor
  • Pulsed Integrating Feedback Amplifier Position Control of Intermediate Energy Proton Beams
  • Beam Transport System using Fuzzy Controller in the KCCH Cyclotron
  • Improving the Energy Resolution of the 30 MeV Cyclotron Proton using the Designed Achromatic System
  • Vacuum for Cyclotron Beam Transport Lines
  • Beam Control for Proton Therapy
  • The Present Status of the NAC Control System
  • A “Cook-Book-Method” of Shielding Design for Compact Medical Cyclotrons
  • The Smart Effluent Monitoring System at the Australian National Medical Cyclotron
• Storage & Cooler Rings
  • Commissioning of the Cooler Synchrotron COSY (Invited paper)
  • New Developments at the IUCF Cooler Ring (Invited paper)
  • Injection, Cooling and Accumulation of Ions from the Gustaf Werner Cyclotron into the Celsius Cooler-Storage Ring
  • HIRFL-CSR Proposal
  • Lifetime of the Ion Beam Stored in HIRFL-CSR
• Ion Sources
  • Future Prospects for ECR Ion Sources with Improved Charge State Distributions
  • High-Intensity Sources for Light Ions
  • ECR Ion Sources and Scaling Laws
  • Commissioning of the Texas A&M ECR Ion Source High B Upgrade
  • A Microwave-Driven Source for the Production of Intense Negative Ion Beams for TASCC
  • The RCNP Atomic Beam Source
  • The Polarized Ion-Source for COSY
  • Test Measurements of the Debrecen ECRIS Subsystems
  • Experimental Results of the Gas Mixing Effect on DECRIS-14-2
  • Commissioning and First Operating Experience with the ECR Heavy Ion Source at the PSI Philips Cyclotron
  • The Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Calcutta
  • Status of the NEOMAFIOS at RCNP
  • Simulation of Multiply-Charged Ion Production in DECRIS-14-2
  • Ion Source with a LaB₆ Monocrystal Hollow Cathode
  • A Highly Efficient H^- Ion Source for Cyclotrons and other Injectors
  • Development of a 15 mA DC H^- Multicusp Source for Cyclotron Injection
  • On-line Investigation of Cyclotron-Produced Fission Products: Target-Ion Source Options
  • Production of ¹⁴C Pellets for Sputter Ion Sources
  • Multi-Channel Water Steam H^- Source for Internal Injection to a Cyclotron
• Beam Dynamics
  • Manipulation of the Micro and Macro-Structure of Beams Extracted from Cyclotrons
  • Intensity Limitations in Compact H^- Cyclotrons
  • Space Charge Effects in Cyclotrons – From Simulations to Insights
  • A Numerical Study of the Space Charge Effects in a Spiral Inflector
  • The C235 IBA-SHI Proton Therapy Cyclotron for NPTC Project: On Beam Dynamics Issues
  • Optimisation of the Beam Buncher Parameters in the Injection Beamline of the NAC
  • Beam Dynamics and Space-Charge Aspects in the Design of the Accelerators for the Energy Amplifier
  • A Demonstration of Beam Intensity Modulation without Loss of Charge
  • Phase Space Stretching and Distortion Arising from the RF Deflector in the TRIUMF Cyclotron
  • Experimental Evidence of Beam Dynamics Features of the LNS Superconducting Cyclotron
  • Simulation of RF Stacking and Multiple Single-Turn Injection and Multiturn Injection
• Applications – Medical
  • Commissioning and Use of the PSI Spot-Scanning Isocentric System for Proton Therapy (Invited paper)
  • Particle Therapy at NAC: Physical Aspects (Invited paper)
  • The Northeast Proton Therapy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (Invited paper)
  • Four Years of Operating Experience with the Harper Hospital Superconducting Cyclotron for Neutron Radiation Therapy
  • Operation Experience of KCCH Cyclotron for 10 years and Prospect of Cyclotron in Korea
  • Fast Neutron Beams for Therapy: The Current Status and Room for Improvement?
  • Energy Spectra in the NAC Proton Therapy Beam
  • Dosimetry of Proton Beams at the Medical Facility of the JINR Phasotron in Dubna
  • Clinical Cyclotron Seattle: Eleven Years of Operation
  • The NAC Proton Therapy Beam Delivery System
  • 10 MeV Cyclotron and RF Linac as Installation for Neutron Therapy
  • The Cyclotron Based Fast Neutron Therapy Facility of SINR
  • Cyclotron versus Synchrotron for Proton Beam Therapy
• Applications – Isotopes
  • To What Extent Will Cyclotrons in Future Replace Reactors in the Field of Isotope Production? (Invited paper)
  • Isotope Production and the Future Potential of Accelerators
  • Production of Longer-Lived Positron Emitters ⁷³Se, ^82mRb and ¹²⁴I
  • Cyclotron Production of Pt, Pd and Rh Radiotracers to Study the Environmental Impact of the Catalytic Converter Emissions
  • Yields of Cyclotron Produced Isotopes
  • Production of ⁶⁷Ga by Irradiation of Natural Zinc with Deuterons in NRCAM Cyclotron
  • A Fast Method for Producing Super-Pure Radionuclide ⁵⁷Co at the Classical 1.5 Meter Cyclotron of the Institute of Nuclear Physics Ac.Sc.RUz.
  • Production of Radionuclides at the NAC Cyclotron Facility
  • Thirty Years Application of Cyclotron for Radionuclide Production
  • Modification of the Internal Target System of the Cs-30 Compact Medical Cyclotron
  • A Semi-Automatic System for Radioisotope Production
  • Achieving Balance as a Survival Strategy for a Small Cyclotron Facility
  • The New Cyclotron of the Rossendorf PET Center
  • Isotope Production at the Kurchatov Institute Cyclotron
  • Future Cyclotron Systems: An Industrial Perspective
  • Production of Radioisotopes for Nuclear-Medicinal Applications at the VINCY Cyclotron
  • The Facilities and the Isotope Production in the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Tashkent
• New Projects & Proposals
  • RIKEN RI Beam Factory Project
  • A Cyclotron-Based Accelerator for Driving the “Energy Amplifier”
  • The Proton Therapy System for MGR’s NPTC: Equipment Description and Progress Report
  • A Proton-Driven, Intense, Subcritical, Fission Neutron Source
  • The Protontherapy Superconducting Cyclotron
  • A Microtron Cyclotron – The “Slipatron”
  • A Superconducting Ring-Cyclotron for Proton Therapy
  • Design of Fixed Field Alternating Gradient Cyclotrons – FFAG – as Accelerators for Intense Pulsed Proton Beams
• Radioactive Beam Facilities
  • Production and Acceleration of Radioactive Beams at Louvain-la-Neuve (Invited paper)
  • Status Report on the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (Invited paper)
  • The ISAC Project at TRIUMF (Invited paper)
  • Status of SPIRAL, the Radioactive Beam Project at GANIL (Invited paper)
  • The Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions JINR Radioactive Ion Beam Project with the U400M–U400 Cyclotron Complex
  • Status of CYCLONE44: a Postaccelerator for Radioactive Ion Beams
  • The Proposed Radioactive Ion Beam Facility at the Calcutta Cyclotron Centre
  • Equilibrium Between Electron Cooling and Intrabeam Scattering
• Concluding Session
  • Problems and Accomplishments of Superconducting Cyclotrons (Invited paper)
  • Concluding Remarks (Invited paper)
• Lists of Cyclotrons and Cooler-Booster Rings
• Cyclotron Data Sheets
• Reference Data for International Cyclotron Conferences
• List of Participants
• Index of Authors