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The angle-cut collimator plays an important role in high-energy proton radiography. By using the collimator, the image contrast can be improved, and the material diagnosis and density reconstruction can be realized through secondary imaging. As all these techniques depend on the flux value, it is of great significance to reduce the error of the detected flux value. The ideal collimator is a much thin surface, but thick enough to block protons outside the collimation region. It is designed by stretching the aperture of the collimation plane. The shape is cylindrical, and it will increase the error of the flux value with the angle truncation. The initial bunch is defined and the phase diagram of the bunch within the angle-cut is ideal in the theoretical model. The equation of designing the collimator is given by theoretical analysis. It is given by the transfer matrix, the radius of the object and the angle-cut. The pore structure is oval-shaped by calculating and simulating. The proton imaging system of 1.6 GeV is established by Geant4 program, and the detector is ideal. The round copper plate and the concentric spheres are chosen as objects respectively. The parameters of the designed collimator is given by this method. The ideal collimator, tensile collimator and designed collimator are used in simulation, the radius of object is 5 cm and the angle-cut is 2 mrad and 3.5 mrad. The results show that when using the ideal and the designed angle-cut collimator, the flux distributions are in good agreement, while when using the tensile collimator, the result is quite different from that obtained by using the ideal collimator. Therefore, the collimator designed by this method can effectively reduce the error of the detected flux value.
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Keywords:
- high-energy proton radiography /
- angle-cut collimator /
- density reconstruction /
- Geant4 code
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图 1 质子成像系统示意图
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of proton radiography system.
图 2 一定截断角以内的质子束团在通过准直空间时的形状变化 (a) z = 0 m; (b) z = 0.6 m; (c) z = 1.2 m; (d) z = 1.8 m; (e) z = 2.4 m
Figure 2. Shape changed of proton bunch within certain angle-cuts as it passes through the collimation space: (a) z = 0 m; (b) z = 0.6 m; (c) z = 1.2 m; (d) z = 1.8 m; (e) z = 2.4 m.
图 3 质子成像系统参数示意图
Figure 3. Diagram of parameters of proton radiography system.
图 4 截断角为2 mrad、客体尺寸为5 cm时的目标束团边界线
Figure 4. Boundary lines of the target bunch when the angle-cut is 2 mrad and the object size is 5 cm.
图 5 端口处的孔径值随截断角的变化 (a)
$z = 20\;{\rm{cm}}$ ; (b)$z = 120\;{\rm{cm}}$ Figure 5. Aperture size varies with the angle-cut at the ports: (a)
$z = 20\;{\rm{cm}}$ ; (b)$z = 120\;{\rm{cm}}$ .
图 6 准直器孔径的形状 (a) x-y平面; (b) y-z平面
Figure 6. Shape of aperture of the collimator: (a) x-y plane; (b) y-z plane.
图 7 客体示意图 (a)铜板; (b)同心球体
Figure 7. Diagram of the object: (a) The round copper plate; (b) the concentric spheres.
图 8 通过铜板的通量分布 (a)截断角为2 mrad; (b)截断角为3.5 mrad
Figure 8. Flux distribution after passing the round copper plate: (a) Angle-cut of 2 mrad; (b) angle-cut of 3.5 mrad.
图 9 通过同心球的通量分布 (a)截断角为2 mrad; (b)截断角为3.5 mrad
Figure 9. Flux distribution after passing the concentric spheres: (a) Angle-cut of 2 mrad; (b) angle-cut of 3.5 mrad.
表 1 1.6 GeV质子成像系统参数
Table 1. Parameters of the proton radiography system of 1.6 GeV.
s/m l/m G/T·m–1 t/m 1.2 0.8 8.09 0.5 
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表 2 准直器的孔径参数
Table 2. Aperture parameters of the collimator.
截断角/mrad 准直器类型 前端/cm 后端/cm 厚度/m 外半径/m 材料 x y x y 2 理想型 — 0.61 10–7 3 Al 拉伸型 0.61 0.61 1 & 0.4 3 W 设计型 2.04 2.46 0.61 1 3 W 3.5 理想型 — 1.07 10–7 3 Al 拉伸型 1.07 1.07 1 & 0.4 3 W 设计型 2.34 3.08 1.07 1 3 W
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[1] Gavton A, Morris C L, Ziock H J, et al. 1996 Los Alamos National Report 96 420
[2] Mottershead C T, Zumbro J D 1997 Proceedings of the 1997 Particle Accelerator Conference Vancouver B C, Canada, May 12–16, 1997 p1397
[3] Jason A J, Barlow D B, Blind B, Kelley J P, Lysenko W P, Neri F, Walstrom P L, Waynert J, Schulze M 2001 Proceedings of the 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference Chicago, USA, June 18–22, 2001 p3374
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[5] Rigg P A, Schwartz C L, Hixson R S, Hogan G E, Kwiatkowski K K, Mariam F G, Marr-Lyon M, Merrill F E, Morris C L, Rightly P, Sauders A, Tupa D 2008 Phys. Rev. B 77 220101
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[7] Antipov Y M, Afonin A G, Vasilevskii A V, et al. 2010 Instrum. Exp. Tech. 53 319
Google Scholar
[8] Golubev A A, Demidov V S, Demidova E V, Dudin S V, Kantsyrev A V, Kolesnikov S A, Mintsev V B, Smirnov G N, Turtikov V I, Utikin A V, Fortov V E, Sharkov B Y 2010 Tech. Phys. Lett. 36 177
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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[11] Merrill F E 2015 Rev. Accel. Sci. Technol. 8 165
Google Scholar
[12] Sheng L N, Zhao Y T, Yang G J, Wei T 2014 Laser Part. Beams 32 651
Google Scholar
[13] Wei T, Yang G J, Li Y D, et al. 2014 Chin. Phys. C 38 087003
Google Scholar
[14] Aufderheide M B, Park H, Hartouni E P 1999 AIP Conference Proceedings Sydney, Australia, June 28–July 2, 1999 p497
[15] Zumbro J D, Acuff A, Bull J S, et al. 2005 Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 117 447
[16] Fesseha G, Mariam, John P 2011 2011 High-Energy-Proton Microscopy Workshop Summary Report New Mexico, USA, October 27–28, 2011 p54
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Google Scholar
[18] Varentsov D, Bogdanov A, Demidov V S 2013 Phys. Medica 29 208
Google Scholar
[19] Yan Y, Sheng L N, Huang Z W, et al. 2015 Laser Part. Beams 33 439
Google Scholar
[20] Kantsyrev A V, Skoblyakov A V, Bogdanov A V 2018 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 946 012019
Google Scholar
[21] Agostinelli S, Allison J, Amako K A, et al. 2003 Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. Sect. A 506 250
Google Scholar
[22] Allison J, Amako K, Apostolakis J, et al. 2006 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 53 270
Google Scholar
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