Preliminary Study of 4 T Superconducting Dipole for a Light Rotating Gantry for Ion-Therapy
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
Citazione:
Preliminary Study of 4 T Superconducting Dipole for a Light Rotating Gantry for Ion-Therapy / L. Rossi, E. Benedetto, E. De Matteis, S. Farinon, E. Felcini, M. Karppinen, S. Mariotto, R. Musenich, D. Perini, M. Prioli, M. Pullia, M. Sorbi, M. Statera, D. Tommasini, R.U. Valente. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. - ISSN 1051-8223. - 32:6(2022 Sep), pp. 4400506.1-4400506.6. [10.1109/TASC.2022.3157663]
Abstract:
A collaboration between CERN, CNAO, INFN, and MedAustron has been formed aiming at designing a light rotating gantry suitable for hadron therapy based on 430 MeV/n carbon ion beams. After a first design for a 3 T dipole field, as the backbone of the gantry magnetic system, now the collaboration is looking at an alternative design, for at least 4 T field with a faster ramp rate. The magnet is designed according to the cosθ layout to be wound with Nb-Ti superconducting Rutherford cable. One of the main challenges is the very small curvature radius of 1.65 m with a relatively large aperture, of 70-90 mm. Another challenge is the use of indirect cooling despite the cycling operation of 0.4 T/s. The paper reports the preliminary investigation for a 4.5 T dipole. The design will be followed by the construction of a 1 m long demonstrator to be manufactured and tested at INFN (LASA laboratory) in about three years. The conductor is a Rutherford cable of 2.6 μm Nb-Ti filament size, embedded in a Cu-Mn alloy matrix. The resulting gantry is very compact: the collaboration is working on integration between gantry structure and magnets to allow reducing the rotating weight in the range 50-80 tons, which is a factor 4 to 5 less than the present state-of-the-art.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Accelerator magnets; beam line magnets; superconducting magnets; Ions; Apertures; Medical treatment; Collaboration; Coils; Toroidal magnetic fields;
Elenco autori:
L. Rossi, E. Benedetto, E. De Matteis, S. Farinon, E. Felcini, M. Karppinen, S. Mariotto, R. Musenich, D. Perini, M. Prioli, M. Pullia, M. Sorbi, M. Statera, D. Tommasini, R.U. Valente
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