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MOPO082 |
Commissioning Status of the Linac for the iBNCT Project |
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- M. Sato, Z. Fang, M.K. Fukuda, Y. Fukui, K. Futatsukawa, Y. Honda, K. Ikegami, H. Kobayashi, C. Kubota, T. Kurihara, T. Miura, T. Miyajima, F. Naito, K. Nanmo, T. Obina, T. Shibata, T. Sugimura, A. Takagi, E. Takasaki
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
- K. Hasegawa
JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
- H. Kumada, Y. Matsumoto, Su. Tanaka
Tsukuba University, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan
- N. Nagura, T. Ohba
Nippon Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., Tokai, Japan
- T. Onishi
Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan
- T. Ouchi, H. Sakurayama
ATOX, Ibaraki, Japan
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Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is one of the particle-beam therapies which use secondary products from a neutron capture on boron medicaments implanted into cancer cells. This has been originally studied with neutrons from nuclear reactors, meanwhile, many activities have been recently projected with accelerator-based neutron generation. In the iBNCT (Ibaraki BNCT) project, the accelerator is consisted with a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) and an Alvarez type drift-tube linac (DTL). Protons extracted from an ion source are accelerated up to 3 MeV and 8 MeV, respectively, and bombarded onto a beryllium target to generate neutrons. The design of the linac is based on the J-PARC one, but the most significant difference is the higher duty factor to have a sufficient epithermal neutron flux for BNCT. We have started the commissioning from the end of 2016, and the beam current of 1.3 mA with a repetition of 50 Hz has been achieved with an acceptable stability. Further beam commissioning and reinforcement of the vacuum and cooling water system will be performed toward higher beam current. In this contribution, the current status and future prospects of the linac will be presented.
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paper received ※ 12 September 2018 paper accepted ※ 20 September 2018 issue date ※ 18 January 2019 |
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MOPO111 |
Development of New LLRF System at the J-PARC Linac |
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- K. Futatsukawa, Z. Fang, Y. Fukui
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
- Y. Sato
Nippon Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., Tokai, Japan
- S. Shinozaki
JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-mura, Japan
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In the J-PARC linac, the LLRF system with the digital feedback (DFB) and the digital feedforward (DFF) was adopted for satisfying requirement of amplitude and phase stabilities. It has been operated without serious problems. However, it has been used since the beginning of the J-PARC and more than ten years have already passed since the development. The increase of the failure frequency for this system is expected. Additionally, it is difficult to maintain it for some discontinued boards of DFB and DFF and the older developing environment of software. Therefore, we are starting to study the new LLRF system of the next generation. In the present, we are exploring several possibilities of a new way and investigating each advantage and disadvantage. The project and the status of the development for the new system in the J-PARC linac LLRF are introduced.
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paper received ※ 22 September 2018 paper accepted ※ 09 November 2018 issue date ※ 18 January 2019 |
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