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A new and simple calibration-independent method for measuring the beam energy of a cyclotron
Ist Teil von
Applied radiation and isotopes, 2011, Vol.69 (1), p.247-253
Ort / Verlag
England: Elsevier Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
Quelle
ScienceDirect
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This work recommends a new and simple-to-perform method for measuring the beam energy of an accelerator. The proposed method requires the irradiation of two monitor foils interspaced by an energy degrader. The primary advantage of the proposed method, which makes this method unique from previous energy evaluation strategies that employ the use of monitor foils, is that this method is independent of the detector efficiency calibration. This method was evaluated by performing proton activation of
natCu foils using both a cyclotron and a tandem Van de Graaff accelerator. The monitor foil activities were read using a dose calibrator set to an arbitrary calibration setting. Excellent agreement was noted between the nominal and measured proton energies.