Exploring the Capabilities of the Houghton College Cyclotron

dc.contributor.author	Fuller, Nicholas
dc.date.accessioned	2013-08-05T18:50:15Z
dc.date.available	2013-08-05T18:50:15Z
dc.date.issued	2013-08-05
dc.description.abstract	The Houghton College Cyclotron is currently capable of accelerating protons to 317 keV, and with an improved magnet power supply and cooling should achieve 400 keV. Low pressure hydrogen or helium gas is introduced into the vacuum chamber where a filament, through electron collisions, ionizes the gas. The ions are accelerated in a spiral path of 72 mm maximum radius by an alternating RF electric field in a constant magnetic field of up to 1.2 T. The cyclotron's performance has been characterized for varying gas pressure, filament voltage, orbit radii, and “dee” voltage. In the near future, low energy nuclear reactions such as D(d,n)3He and D(3He,p)4He, as well as high-yield (p,?) resonances like 19F(p, ?)16O and 31P(p, ?)32S may be studied.
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.houghton.edu/handle/hc/3745
dc.publisher	Houghton College
dc.rights	Authors retain the copyright for all content posted in this repository. This material may not be published, reproduced, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed beyond the Houghton College community without permission except in accordance with fair use doctrine.
dc.subject	Student Projects
dc.title	Exploring the Capabilities of the Houghton College Cyclotron

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