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The CERN-MEDICIS Isotope Separator Beamline.

Yisel Martinez Palenzuela^1,2, Vincent Barozier², Eric Chevallay²

¹KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica, Leuven, Belgium.

Frontiers in Medicine

|September 23, 2021

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CERN-MEDICIS is a new facility for extracting medical radioisotopes. Its beamline design and components were optimized for efficient ion beam extraction, mass separation, and transport.

Area of Science:

Nuclear Physics
Medical Applications
Accelerator Technology

Background:

Radioisotope production is crucial for medical diagnostics and therapies.
Existing facilities require optimization for enhanced radioisotope extraction efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To design and characterize the beamline for the CERN-MEDICIS facility.
To optimize ion beam extraction, mass separation, and transport for medical radioisotopes.

Main Methods:

Utilized SIMION for ion beam optics modeling.
Employed OPERA for magnetic field modeling.
Modified a dipole magnet mass spectrometer for resonance photo-ionization.

Main Results:

Optimized configuration of ion extraction, focusing, and mass separation components.

Keywords:

MEDICIS beamline optics mass separator radioactive beams radioisotopes

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Successful integration of laser injection for photo-ionization.

Demonstrated efficient beamline performance with stable ion beams during commissioning.

Conclusions:

The CERN-MEDICIS beamline is effectively designed for radioisotope extraction.
The facility is ready for producing isotopes for medical applications.
The optimized design ensures high efficiency in ion beam manipulation and transport.