Isotope production by the high current proton beam of CYCIAE-100

Abstract

CYCIAE-100, a 100 MeV high current compact cyclotron has been constructed and first beams were extracted in 2014. The machine has 5 beam lines for multi-application purposes. N1, one of the beam lines, is designed for high current beam transportation, for beam dump tests and isotope production. In 2016, a mA proton beam was tested on the internal target. In 2017 and 2018, 200 μA and 520 μA proton beams were extracted and transported to the beam dump respectively. In addition to increasing the cw beam power of 52 kW extracted from the machine and transported to the beam dump, this paper will also present the simultaneous dual-beam extraction from CYCIAE-100 and the improvement of the uniformity of the beam spot on the target, which will benefit isotope production.