Abstract
The feasibility of cyclotrons to produce high power beams is discussed based on the experience gained with the operation of the upgraded 590 MeV cyclotron facility at PSI in Villigen (Switzerland) at a beam power level up to 0.9 MW. In view of new applications of particle beams in neutron spallation sources, energy amplifier and transmutation technologies a possible design of a 1 GeV cyclotron is presented that would be capable to deliver a 10 MW beam, based on the same contruction principles as used in the PSI 590 MeV Ring cyclotron. Questions concering power conversion efficiency, beam loading and space charge forces are discussed. Space charge effects are not expected to be a major problem in the high energy cyclotron, but they play an important role in the preaccelerator and further studies are needed to propose an optimized configuration.
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