IP Library Granted Patent US 12,598,691
Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,691 · App. 18/367,595 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Beam transport system and method, accelerator including beam transport system, and ion source including the accelerator

Inventors: Sakiko Ashikaga (Tokyo, JP); Takamichi Aoki (Tokyo, JP); Kazuya Nagashima (Tokyo, JP); Takayoshi Seki (Tokyo, JP); Koichi Miyazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
H05H7/001H05H7/04H05H9/045
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Patent No.
US 12,598,691
App. No.
18/367,595
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A beam transport system for transporting a charged particle beam, includes a magnetic field generation device that is provided in a transport line that transports the charged particle beam and generates a magnetic field parallel to a center orbit of the charged particle beam, and a beam shielding device that is provided in a region through which the charged particle beam in the magnetic field generation device passes, causes a charged particle beam in a predetermined range of the charged particle beam to pass through, and stops other charged particle beams.

Claims (20)

1 . A beam transport system for transporting a charged particle beam, the beam transport system comprising:

a magnetic field generation device that is provided in a transport line that transports the charged particle beam and generates a magnetic field parallel to a center orbit of the charged particle beam;

a beam shielding device, that is provided in a region through which the charged particle beam in the magnetic field generation device passes, is configured to cause a portion of the charged particle beam in a predetermined range of the charged particle beam to pass through, and stop another portion of the charged particle beam; and

a control system configured to adjust an angular momentum of the charged particle beam to ≠0 and adjust the Twiss parameter α to be close to 0 at at-least one point on the central orbit of the charged particle beam in the beam shielding device.

2 . The beam transport system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the magnetic field generation device is a solenoid electromagnet that generates the magnetic field parallel to the center orbit of the charged particle beam, and

wherein the beam shielding device is a collimator that is provided in the solenoid electromagnet and the collimator is configured to stop a charged particle deviated from the center orbit of the charged particle beam by a predetermined value or more.

3 . The beam transport system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control system controls energization of the solenoid electromagnet.

4 . The beam transport system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control system controls the energization of the solenoid electromagnet based on temperature of the collimator to adjust the Twiss parameter α to be near 0 at at-least one point of the center orbit of the charged particle beam in the collimator.

5 . The beam transport system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the collimator is provided in a range from an axial center in the solenoid electromagnet to an outlet from which a charged particle beam is extracted.

6 . The beam transport system according to claim 1 ,

wherein another solenoid electromagnet different from the solenoid electromagnet is provided on a downstream side of the solenoid electromagnet in a traveling direction of the charged particle beam.

7 . An accelerator comprising the beam transport system according to claim 1 .

8 . An ion source connected to the beam transport system according to claim 1 .

9 . A beam transport method for transporting a charged particle beam by a beam transport system, the beam transport method comprising:

disposing a collimator in a solenoid electromagnet provided in the middle of a transport line that transports the charged particle beam, and

setting an angular momentum of the charged particle beam not to be 0 and a Twiss parameter α to be near 0 at at least one point of a center orbit of the charged particle beam in the collimator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068078/0381 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2023
From: ASHIKAGA, SAKIKO; AOKI, TAKAMICHI; NAGASHIMA, KAZUYA; SEKI, TAKAYOSHI; MIYAZAKI, KOICHI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 064887/0772 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-198189 · Dec 12, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240196511A1 · Jun 13, 2024
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