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Magnetic system of a superconducting separated-sector cyclotron for hadron therapy

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The development of a cyclotron magnetic system based on superconducting sector magnets is discussed. The cyclotron is conceived as a booster accelerator of a source of 12С6+ ions with energy of 400MeV/nucleon for the purposes of hadron therapy. The results of preliminary investigations aimed at developing such a facility have been reported in our previous papers. In this paper, we consider various configurations of the booster’s magnetic system for various field levels. We also analyze the effects of the positions and shapes of superconducting coils on the magnetic field and select the optimum configuration for the cyclotron’s magnetic system.

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Original Russian Text © V.L. Smirnov, S.B. Vorozhtsov, 2017, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2017.

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Smirnov, V.L., Vorozhtsov, S.B. Magnetic system of a superconducting separated-sector cyclotron for hadron therapy. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 14, 658–668 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477117040148

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