Author: Choinski, J.
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THPSC55 Improvement of the Beam Transmission in the Central Region Of Warsaw U200P Cyclotron 453
 
  • O. Steczkiewicz, J. Choinski, P. Gmaj
    HIL, Warsaw, Poland
  • V. Bekhterev, I.A. Ivanenko
    JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
 
  To date, Warsaw U200P cyclotron exploited a mirror inflector to feed heavy ions extracted from ECR ion source (10 GHz, 11 kV) to the central region of the cyclotron. However, in such configuration very low transmission was reachable after many optimizations. Additionally, the new ECR ion source (14,5 GHz, 14-24 kV) was installed, which offers energies far exceeding capabilities of the currently operated inflector and central region. To avoid these obstacles, we have developed a spiral inflector and redesigned central region of the cyclotron. It was a very challenging task, bearing in mind limited volume of central region in our compact machine, to carve these elements suitably for decent versatility of ion beams offered by Warsaw cyclotron. This project was executed in the collaboration with FLNR in Dubna, Russia. The cyclotron equipped with the new central region works in the "constant orbit" regime. Here we present the results of both computational simulations and measurements of the beam transmission in upgraded central region.