A NEW MULTIDISCIPLINARY SEPARATED-SECTOR CYCLOTRON FACILITY

A separated-sector cyclotron with a maximum proton energy of 200 MeV has been proposed for a multidisci-plinary accelerator facility for the Republic of South Africa. At energies up to 100 MeV, proton and deuteron currents of the order of 100 microamps will be avail-able for routine isotope production and neutron therapy. Light-ion beams for particle physics and chemistry will be delivered with maximum currents of about 10 micro-amps and maximum energies in excess of 50 MeV per nuc-leon. Heavy-ion beams of between 15 and 50 MeV per nucleon are planned with maximum intensities of between 10 particle-nanoamps and 1 particle-microamp, depending on the type of ion. This proposal has recently been approved and progress in the design of the cyclotron and related aspects of the proposed facility is repor-ted here