학술논문

Straight and Curved Canted Cosine Theta Superconducting Dipoles for Ion Therapy: Comparison Between Various Design Options and Technologies for Ramping Operation
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 33(5):1-5 Aug, 2023
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Superconducting magnets
Magnetic shielding
Magnetic noise
Magnetic flux
Ions
Superconductivity
Costs
accelerator dipoles
magnets for medical systems
Language
ISSN
1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Abstract
Canted Cosine Theta layout for accelerator magnets is a very attractive since such magnets can be manufactured and assembled without big tooling, and with a relatively modest number of parts and tools. In the frame of European Horizon2020 funds, two collaborations, HITRI plus and I.FAST, are developing a CCT design, of 80 mm free bore, 4 T central dipole field, and 0.4 T/s ramp-rate. This magnet is expected to be the bending element of a gantry, to control the beam delivery in therapy with ions (hadrontherapy). The paper illustrates first a comparison between CCT and more classical cosine theta layout, followed by the comparison between Nb-Ti, Nb 3 Sn, MgB 2 , and HTS tapes coils. Relevant requirement for the magnets of this study is to be operated at low current, to limit the heat generation, in sight of a liquid-free cooling system. The results of the comparison is then applied to the design of two magnet demonstrators. Both adopt a low-losses Nb-Ti rope, consistently with the need for keeping the heat generation as low as possible. The first is a straight combined function dipole-quadrupole, while the second is a curved CCT dipole. The paper concludes with the first manufacturing tests for the CCT formers, for which aluminium -bronze, stainless steel and charged PEEK polymer are being explored as basic material.