Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 2022, Issue 2, 4353314(2022)
Design of a Lens System Reduces Chromatic Aberration for Proton Radiography
Multi-GeV proton radiography is an important tool for diagnosing density distribution of thick objects. The magnetic lens system called Zumbro lens is widely employed because it compensates for the image distortion induced by small angle multiple Coulomb scattering (MCS) that occurs when the charged protons passing through the object. However, radiography is still suffering from chromatic aberration induced blurring, if the momentum of transmitted proton is different from the reference value of Zumbro lens. In this paper, two methods are employed to reduce chromatic aberration. The first is based on magnetic lens optimization. In addition, a new lens system is first proposed locating the downstream of Zumbro. It is named “auxiliary” lens, which can correct the chromatic aberration for certain protons with momentum far away from the reference of Zumbro lens. Monte Carlo simulation shows that this proposed lens can decrease chromatic aberration and improve the radiography image evidently.
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Qinggang Jia, Wenyuan Wang, Haibo Xu, Liang Lu. Design of a Lens System Reduces Chromatic Aberration for Proton Radiography[J]. Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 2022(2): 4353314
Category: Research Articles
Received: Dec. 2, 2021
Accepted: May. 10, 2022
Published Online: Jun. 24, 2022
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