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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2003
Carl E. Bohnenkamp, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ethan H. Cannon, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Ethan W. Cascio, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael S. Gordon, Somers, NY (US);
Kenneth P. Rodbell, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Theodore H. Zabel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Carl E. Bohnenkamp, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ethan H. Cannon, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Ethan W. Cascio, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael S. Gordon, Somers, NY (US);
Kenneth P. Rodbell, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Theodore H. Zabel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Issues that are addressed in accordance with at least one presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, are: improvements upon the time it takes to physically swap degraders (done previously by hand); the safety involved in doing so, since the degraders become highly radioactive; possible improved energy resolution and beam stability if the accelerator can be left running continuously; and in-situ monitoring of beam current, beam position and stability. Particularly contemplated are methods and arrangements for changing degraders automatically, not manually, and in a safe manner.