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| WEPSB075 | Beam Injector for Vacuum Insulated Tandem Accelerator | 529 |
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Funding: Applied research is carrying out with the financial support of the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia (unique identifier RFMEFI60414X0066). The Vacuum Insulated Tandem Accelerator is built at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics. The accelerator is designed for development of the concept of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy of malignant tumors in the clinic.* In the accelerator the negative hydrogen ions are accelerated by the high voltage electrode potential to the half of required energy, and after conversion of the ions into protons by means of a gas stripping target the protons are accelerated again by the same potential to the full beam energy. During the facility development, the proton beam was obtained with 5 mA current and 2 MeV energy**. To ensure the beam parameters and reliability of the facility operation required for clinical applications, the new injector was designed based on the ion source with a current up to 15 mA***, providing the possibility of preliminary beam acceleration up to 120-200 keV. The paper presents the status of the injector construction and testing. *B.F.Bayanov, et al. Nuclear Instr. and Methods in Physics Research A 413/2-3 (1998) 397-426. **A. Ivanov, et al. Journal of Instrumentation 11 (2016) P04018. ***Yu. Belchenko, et al. AIP Conference Proceedings 1097, 214 (2009); doi: 10.1063/1.3112515 |
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| THPSC032 | The Study of the Electrical Strength of Selected Insulators With a Different Shape of the Surface | 615 |
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Funding: Ministry of Science of the Russian Federation, unique identifier of applied research RFMEFI60414X0066. In the BINP SB RAS was proposed and created a source of epithermal neutrons for BNCT. The proton beam is obtained on a tandem accelerator with vacuum insulation. Sectionalized demountable feed through insulator is an integral part of the accelerator. Voltage from the high voltage source is distributed to the electrodes via resistive divider. Because of the small amount of current (hundreds of microamperes) flowing through the divider, dark currents that occur in the accelerating gaps, can significantly affect the uniform distribution of the potential along the accelerating channel, and, consequently, on the beam transportation. Therefore there is a need to change the design of the feed through insulator which will allow to set potentials at the electrodes directly from the high voltage rectifier sections. To study the feasibility of such changes has been designed and built an experimental stand, in which a single insulator with double height subjected to the same conditions as in accelerator. On the experimental stand was studied electrical strength of ceramic and polycarbonate insulators with a different shape of the surface. The paper presents the results of experimental studies of insulators. Their application will get rid of the voltage divider inside the feed through insulator and realize the scheme which allows to set potential on the electrode gaps directly from the rectifier section. This will increase the operating voltage of the accelerator and its reliability. |
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| THPSC069 | Measurement of the Ion Beam Profile with the D-Pace Wire Scanner | 695 |
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Funding: The study was supported by grants from the Russian Science Foundation (Project no. 14-32-00006) and the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics and the Novosibirsk State University. In The Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics the accelerator-based source of epithermal neutrons was invented and now operates to be used in the boron neutron capture therapy. For several reasons the real beam flow in the facility differs from the calculated one. To take into account this distinction it is necessary to provide continuous monitoring of the beam parameters. In order to optimize the facility operation the beam should be followed not only during the formation but also while an acceleration takes place and the proton beam is thrown on the lithium target as the proton current and energy influence on the neutron output. In this way it seems to be a significant issue to measure the current, profile and also the position of the ion beam in a low-energy part of the accelerator. This work represents the results of experiments with the D-Pace WS-30 Wire Scanner Probe, which was installed in the low-energy part of the accelerator. The experiments were carried out under various conditions to vary the position and focusing control via the system of magnetic correcting elements. To correctly interpret experimental data it was necessary to take into account physical phenomena which occur during an experiment. In this way the effects which take place when the probe interacts with the beam were thoroughly considered. The obtained results allowed to restore the ion beam profile, define its size and position. |
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| THPSC086 | Development and Implementation of the Automation System of the Ion Source for BNCT | 733 |
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Funding: Ministry of Science of the Russian Federation, unique identifier of applied research RFMEFI60414X0066. The new source of epithermal neutrons*, designed for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)** of cancer in oncology clinic, was proposed and developed in Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics. This method of treatment is effective against several currently incurable radioresistant tumors, such as brain glioblastoma and melanoma metastases. The neutron source includes a new type of accelerator: accelerator-tandem with vacuum insulation, lithium neutron generating target and neutron beam shaping assembly. Current accelerator produces a stationary 5 mA proton beam with 2 MeV energy, but this is not sufficient for therapy on humans. For conducting the experiment on humans it is necessary to create a new power rack for the ion source. The report summarizes results of the development and implementation of new power rack, with remote control and data collection systems, to reach 15 mA beam current. This system will increase the proton beam current and, as a result, the neutron yield, that is needed to heal people. * S. Taskaev. Accelerator based epithermal neutron source. Physics of Particles and Nuclei, 2015, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 956'990. ** Neutron Capture Therapy. Principles and Applications. Eds: W. Sauerwein, A. Wittig, R. Moss, Y. Nakagawa. Springer, 2012. |
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