Heavy ion medical machine (HIMM) slow extraction commissioning

Abstract Heavy ion medical machine (HIMM) is the first Chinese heavy ion accelerator facility developed for cancer therapy. After commissioning, the slow extraction efficiency reached nearly 90% for all energies from 120 to 400 MeV/u. The spill duty factor exceeded 90% at a sample rate of 10 kHz. This paper reports the results of the HIMM’s slow extraction commissioning.