Speaker
Description
The upgrade of the Superconducting Cyclotron at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud in Catania is aimed at improving its performance in terms of intensity of light ions, as well as in terms of reliability. The project was financed in 2019 by the Italian Ministery of University and Research. The Cyclotron was kept operative until the end of 2020, then in 2021 it was dismantled, so as to proceed with the upgrade.
To get the expected improved performance as a result of the upgrade, a new extraction system will be installed to allow for extraction by stripping. The main components to be replaced are the superconducting magnet, the liners, the dee cones, the trim coils power supplies.
The status of all the components of the Cyclotron is here described with particular emphasis on the design, construction and tests of the new superconducting magnet, which is the main and most challenging device in this upgrade operation.
