Magnet development for the BRF positron emission tomography accelerator

Author

Chester, N. ; Makarov, A. ; Schlabach, P. ; Terechkine, I. ; Walbridge, D. ; Wokas, T. ; Yarba, V. ; Larson, D.J.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

3248

Abstract

A collaboration involving the Biomedical Research Foundation, Science Applications International Corporation, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and the University of Washington is developing an accelerator for producing isotopes for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans. The Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT) section of this accelerator takes a small beam from a first RFQ acceleration device and matches it into a small 3D-acceptance at a second RFQ section. The beam transport system was designed to prevent beam losses due to emittance growth. The system includes two bending dipoles and seven quadrupoles of three different types. This report contains a brief description of the MEBT magnets and their electric, magnetic and thermal properties. The magnet measurements show that each of the magnets meets the system requirements

Keywords

accelerator magnets; beam handling equipment; linear accelerators; positron emission tomography; radioactive tracers; BRF positron emission tomography accelerator; Medium Energy Beam Transport section; RFQ acceleration device; beam losses; bending dipoles; emittance growth; magnet development; quadrupoles; Acceleration; Accelerator magnets; Air transportation; Isotopes; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Particle beams; Positron emission tomography; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.753170

Filename

753170