Cyclotron

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11375603-B2
Application number	US-202017004816-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2020
Priority date	Aug 28, 2019
Publication date	Jun 28, 2022
Grant date	Jun 28, 2022

Abstract

There is provided a cyclotron which accelerates a charged particle in an orbital trajectory to emit a charged particle beam. The cyclotron includes a magnetic pole that generates a magnetic field required for accelerating the charged particle, and a magnetic channel portion having a magnetic channel disposed on an outer peripheral portion of the orbital trajectory to guide the charged particle beam to an extraction trajectory and to focus the charged particle beam. The magnetic channel portion is attached to the magnetic pole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cyclotron which accelerates a charged particle in an orbital trajectory to emit a charged particle beam, the cyclotron comprising:
a magnetic pole that generates a magnetic field required for accelerating the charged particle; and
a magnetic channel portion having a magnetic channel disposed on an outer peripheral portion of the orbital trajectory to guide the charged particle beam to an extraction trajectory and to focus the charged particle beam,
wherein the magnetic channel portion is attached to the magnetic pole, and
wherein the magnetic channel includes
a first magnetic channel disposed at a position corresponding to an outermost peripheral portion of the orbital trajectory,
a second magnetic channel disposed on a downstream side away from the first magnetic channel in the orbital trajectory,
a first counter magnetic channel disposed at a symmetrical position with respect to the first magnetic channel, based on a center position of the magnetic pole, and
a second counter magnetic channel disposed at a symmetrical position with respect to the second magnetic channel, based on the center position of the magnetic pole.

2. The cyclotron according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an electrostatic deflector that deflects the charged particle orbiting the orbital trajectory and extracts the charged particle to the extraction trajectory.

3. The cyclotron according to claim 1 ,
wherein the magnetic channel includes
a curved inner peripheral side magnetic member, and
an outer peripheral side magnetic member located on an outer peripheral side from the inner peripheral side magnetic member and curved similarly to the inner peripheral side magnetic member, and

wherein the charged particle beam passes through a curved gap formed between the inner peripheral side magnetic member and the outer peripheral side magnetic member.

4. The cyclotron according to claim 3 ,
wherein the outer peripheral side magnetic member is formed of two magnetic members aligned in an upward-downward direction.

5. The cyclotron according to claim 1 ,
wherein the magnetic channel portion is capable of adjusting a relative position of the magnetic channel with respect to the magnetic pole.

6. A cyclotron which accelerates a charged particle in an orbital trajectory to emit a charged particle beam, the cyclotron comprising:
a magnetic pole that generates a magnetic field required for accelerating the charged particle; and
a magnetic channel portion having a magnetic channel disposed on an outer peripheral portion of the orbital trajectory to guide the charged particle beam to an extraction trajectory and to focus the charged particle beam,
wherein the magnetic channel portion is attached to the magnetic pole, and
wherein the magnetic channel portion has
a radial positioning portion that positions a relative position of the magnetic channel with respect to the magnetic pole in a radial direction of the magnetic pole, and
a circumferential positioning portion that positions a relative position of the magnetic channel with respect to the magnetic pole in a circumferential direction of the magnetic pole.

7. The cyclotron according to claim 6 ,
wherein the magnetic channel portion further includes a plate attached to an outer peripheral side surface of the magnetic pole, and
wherein the magnetic channel is disposed on an upper surface of the plate.

8. The cyclotron according to claim 7 ,
wherein the circumferential positioning portion is attached to protrude toward the magnetic pole side on the upper surface of the plate, and is brought into close contact with a predetermined position of an outer peripheral portion of the magnetic pole.

9. The cyclotron according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a pin penetrating both the magnetic channel and the plate in an upward-downward direction.

10. The cyclotron according to claim 9 ,
wherein the pin is fitted to the magnetic channel and the plate in a circumferential direction of the magnetic pole so that the relative position of the magnetic channel with respect to the plate is positioned in the circumferential direction of the magnetic pole.

11. The cyclotron according to claim 9 ,
wherein a through-hole for the pin formed in the plate is a long hole extending in the radial direction of the magnetic pole, and
wherein the relative position of the magnetic channel with respect to the plate is not restricted by the pin in the radial direction of the magnetic pole.

12. The cyclotron according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a guide fixed to an upper surface of the plate; and
a screw screwed to the guide and extending in the radial direction of the magnetic pole,
wherein a tip of the screw abuts against a side surface of the pin, and
wherein the screw is turned so that the pin follows the tip of the screw, is guided to the long hole, and moves in the radial direction of the magnetic pole together with the magnetic channel.

13. The cyclotron according to claim 9 ,
wherein the radial positioning portion includes
a rod member protruding from the magnetic channel toward the magnetic pole side in the radial direction of the magnetic pole, and having a tip colliding with an outer peripheral side surface of the magnetic pole, and
a nut engaging with the rod member,

wherein the nut is turned to adjust a protrusion amount of the rod member, and
wherein the nut is fastened to fix the protrusion amount of the rod member.

14. The cyclotron according to claim 13 , further comprising:
another radial positioning portion that positions the relative position of the magnetic channel with respect to the magnetic pole in the radial direction of the magnetic pole,
wherein the radial positioning portion and the other radial positioning portion are aligned and disposed in a circumferential direction of the magnetic pole in the magnetic channel, and the pin is disposed between the radial positioning portion and the other radial positioning portion.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Morie Takaaki
• Higuchi Akito

Classifications

• H05H2007/046

  for beam deflection · CPC title

• H05H13/005 Primary

  Cyclotrons · CPC title

• H05H7/10

  Arrangements for ejecting particles from orbits · CPC title

• H05H2007/043

  for beam focusing · CPC title

• H05H2007/048

  for modifying beam trajectory, e.g. gantry systems · CPC title