At RIKEN RIBF, the development of 28-GHz superconducting electron cyclotron resonance ion sources (SC-ECRIS) [1] is crucial for advancing high-intensity beams of various ion species for scientific, industrial and medical applications. To achieve the RIBF upgrade's core goal [2] of extracting a 2-particle ${\mu}$A uranium (U) beam from the superconducting ring cyclotron (SRC), it is essential...
In 2024 the SPES project entered in the commissioning phase and the cyclotron has restarted the operation by providing the primary proton beam for the ISOL target. During the shutdown, many ancillary systems of the cyclotron have been upgraded in order to improve the reliability of the machine in view of the full operation mode expected in next years. The upgrades and the status of recent...
The cyclotron JULIC at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), has been operating for over 56 years. It is a remarkable example of innovation, long-lasting technology and reliability. With its high performance and versatility it was an essential part of the FZJ research program in the field of nuclear physics, irradiation experiments for medical, technical and space application and radiation effects...
The TRIUMF 520 MeV cyclotron continues to serve as a reliable driver for high intensity proton beams, supporting a broad range of applications. To sustain and enhance high intensity operation, recent developments have focused on reducing beam losses and improving overall reliability. This talk will highlight progress in cyclotron tune optimization and the avoidance of linear coupling...
In the large family of particle accelerators and in the relatively small environment of the wideband cyclic accelerators, the high-power RF Systems were mostly based on the vacuum tube
technologies up to a couple of decades ago. Unfortunately, some alarm bells about the tube market
prospective, relative to the low bandwidth of the cyclotron radiofrequencies, appeared quite clearly
about ten...
The IsoDAR experiment aims to deliver a high-intensity neutrino source for precision measurements in neutrino physics. Central to this effort is the development of a compact, high-current cyclotron capable of accelerating H₂⁺ ions to 60 MeV/amu. This presentation provides a status update on the cyclotron’s development, covering key aspects of its radiofrequency (RF) systems, magnetic...
South Africa has a proud history of radionuclide production dating back to the 1960s. Since those pioneering years, several improvements and additions have been made to the accelerator infrastructure in the country to exploit this advantage. In recent years an isotope, astatine-211, has emerged as a promising candidate for α-particle therapy of cancers. As a result of this interest, 211At has...
