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Compact superconducting cyclotron

US8947184B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ion Beam Applications · BE

Inventors

Yves Jongen · Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
Eric Forton · Chaumont-Gistoux, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2014
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05H13/005
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a cyclotron. Embodiments of the present disclosure may include an upper and lower magnet pole, an upper and lower superconducting coil arranged around each of the magnetic poles, a ring-shaped magnetic return yoke, a beam chamber between the upper and lower magnetic poles having one or more electrodes configured to accelerate ions moving substantially in the median plane, and a cryostat. The ring-shaped magnetic return yoke and the coils may form a cold mass contained within the cryostat. Further, the cryostat may not contain the upper and lower poles.

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