Abstract:
The compact high-intensity proton cyclotron based on the stripping-extraction method has made great progress and obtained huge applications since the first cyclotron was applicated in 1932 in the world, especially in the field of nuclear medicine. China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) built a 30 MeV compact high-intensity proton cyclotron in the 1990s in China and a series of compact high-intensity proton cyclotrons with energy of 10 MeV, 14 MeV, 100 MeV, 14 MeV/1 mA used in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) based on the stripping extraction technology have been developed. The 100 MeV compact high-intensity proton cyclotron (CYCIAE-100) built in 2014 is the largest compact high-intensity proton cyclotron with the higher energy in the world with a maximum current intensity of 520 μA and a beam power of 52 kW. The BNCT cyclotron is also the first high-intensity proton cyclotron with extracted beam reaching the mA level in China. A great progress on the stripping extraction technology used in cyclotrons has been achieved at CIAE during the 60 years development. The codes for stripping extraction studies, such as CYCTR, GOBLIN, STRIP-UBC and COMA, are developed by CIAE too. The study method with the code of GOBLIN for the beam dispersion effect in the stripping extraction cyclotrons was given in detail. The influence of the angle between the stripping foil and the beam to the quality of the extracted beam was analyzed in the paper. The single-turn stripping extraction technology for some special application was used in the stripping extraction cyclotrons. The stripping efficiency and the life of stripping foils were studied in the paper. The beam loss control in the stripping extraction field and stripping probe system were introduced in the end.