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CYCLONE110 (CYClotron de LOuvain-la-NEuve) was built in the early seventies by Thompson CSF in collaboration with ACEC. It is used for nuclear physics, isotope production and medical and technological applications. CYCLONE is a multiparticle, variable energy, isochronous cyclotron capable of accelerating protons up to 80 MeV, deuterons up to 55 MeV, alpha particles up to 110 MeV and heavier ions up to an energy of 110 Q²/M MeV (where Q is the charge and M the mass of the ion). The energy range for heavy ions extends from 0.6 to 27.5 MeV/AMU depending, among other things, on the ion's charge state.

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CYCLONE30 was designed and built by the CRC team in the period 1984 - 1987. It is a fixed field fixed frequency cyclotron, capable of accelerating H ^- particles up to an energy of 30 MeV. After the acceleration process these particles are stripped through a carbon foil, and the resulting protons are extracted and transported to the target. The use of this technique allows production of large intensities (500 mA) at variable energy (from 15 to 30 MeV). CYCLONE 30 has a low power consumption (less than 90 kW for a 15 kW beam) and is fully automated in order to be usable by a personnel without long cyclotron experience. This cyclotron, primarily designed for industrial and medical applications is used for isotope production for our Positron Emission Tomography equipment and as production accelerator for the radioactive beams.

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Equipment

 
DEMON: a 4p neutron detector: DEtecteur MOdulaire de Neutrons

  LISOL: Leuven Isotope Separator On Line