Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to determine whether to include a regenerative brake in specifications of a proposed vehicle based on regenerative brake operation data acquired while a first vehicle including the regenerative brake is traveling in a predetermined area. The proposed vehicle is a vehicle proposed as a vehicle for a customer to drive in the predetermined area.

Abstract: The electromagnet device comprises an electromagnet mounting frame and a plurality of electromagnets. The electromagnet mounting frame is characterized by including: a top plate for supporting the electromagnet; plural legs for sustaining the top plate; and a cable placement member fixed to the plural legs and placed below the top plate; wherein a cable placement portion in which a power cable for the electromagnet is to be placed so as to extend in a traveling direction of the charged particle beam, is formed between the cable placement member and the top plate; and wherein the cable placement portion has a cable placement width (widthwise inter-leg length) that is a length thereof in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the charged particle beam, and that is longer than a width of the electromagnet in the direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the charged particle beam.

Abstract: For the purpose of providing a transportable linear accelerator system which can restrain entering of losing ion beams deviated from a trajectory therefor, to thereby efficiently achieve reduction in radioactivity at low cost, and a transportable neutron source equipped therewith, a transportable linear accelerator system is configured to be provided with a beam chopper just before an inlet of a post-accelerator, thereby to cut off, from the proton beams pre-accelerated by a pre-accelerator, uncontrolled proton beams, and thus to radiate only the controlled proton beams to the post-accelerator, so that the proton beams are prevented from hitting an acceleration electrode, etc. of the post accelerator.

Abstract: When accelerating first ions, radio frequency power is fed to a drift tube linear accelerator so that the phase difference between an accelerating half cycle for accelerating the first ions in one of the plurality of drift tube gaps and the accelerating half cycle for accelerating the accelerated first ions reaching the next drift tube gap is set to a first accelerating cycle phase difference; and when accelerating second ions having a charge-to-mass ratio lower than the first ions, the radio frequency power is fed to the drift tube linear accelerator so that the phase difference between an accelerating half cycle for accelerating the second ions in the one drift tube gap and the accelerating half cycle for the accelerated second ions reaching the next drift tube gap is set to a second accelerating cycle phase difference that is larger than the first accelerating cycle phase difference.

Abstract: The electromagnet mounting frame is characterized by including: a top plate for supporting the electromagnet; plural legs for sustaining the top plate; and a cable placement member fixed to the plural legs and placed below the top plate; wherein a cable placement portion in which a power cable for the electromagnet is to be placed so as to extend in a traveling direction of the charged particle beam, is formed between the cable placement member and the top plate; and wherein the cable placement portion has a cable placement width (widthwise inter-leg length) that is a length thereof in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the charged particle beam, and that is longer than a width of the electromagnet in the direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the charged particle beam.

Abstract: When accelerating first ions, radio frequency power is fed to a drift tube linear accelerator so that the phase difference between an accelerating half cycle for accelerating the first ions in one of the plurality of drift tube gaps and the accelerating half cycle for accelerating the accelerated first ions reaching the next drift tube gap is set to a first accelerating cycle phase difference; and when accelerating second ions having a charge-to-mass ratio lower than the first ions, the radio frequency power is fed to the drift tube linear accelerator so that the phase difference between an accelerating half cycle for accelerating the second ions in the one drift tube gap and the accelerating half cycle for the accelerated second ions reaching the next drift tube gap is set to a second accelerating cycle phase difference that is larger than the first accelerating cycle phase difference.

Abstract: For the purpose of providing a transportable linear accelerator system which can restrain entering of losing ion beams deviated from a trajectory therefor, to thereby efficiently achieve reduction in radioactivity at low cost, and a transportable neutron source equipped therewith, a transportable linear accelerator system is configured to be provided with a beam chopper just before an inlet of a post-accelerator, thereby to cut off, from the proton beams pre-accelerated by a pre-accelerator, uncontrolled proton beams, and thus to radiate only the controlled proton beams to the post-accelerator, so that the proton beams are prevented from hitting an acceleration electrode, etc. of the post accelerator.

Abstract: A synchrotron injector system comprising a first ion source which generates a first ion, a second ion source which generates a second ion having a smaller charge-to-mass ratio than a charge-to-mass ratio of the first ion, a pre-accelerator having the capability to enable to accelerate both the first ion and the second ion, a low-energy beam transport line which is constituted in such a way to inject either the first ion or the second ion into the pre-accelerator, and a self-focusing type post-accelerator which accelerates only the first ion after acceleration which is emitted from the pre-accelerator.

Abstract: A synchrotron injector system comprising a first ion source which generates a first ion, a second ion source which generates a second ion having a smaller charge-to-mass ratio than a charge-to-mass ratio of the first ion, a pre-accelerator having the capability to enable to accelerate both the first ion and the second ion, a low-energy beam transport line which is constituted in such a way to inject either the first ion or the second ion into the pre-accelerator, and a self-focusing type post-accelerator which accelerates only the first ion after acceleration which is emitted from the pre-accelerator.

Abstract: There is provided a range shifter which includes a transmissive plate whose thickness has been adjusted depending on a setup value of an amount of energy to be attenuated, and a holder portion that holds the transmissive plate, wherein the thickness of the transmissive plate is adjusted to be a thickness equivalent to an attenuation amount lower than the setup value by a predetermined rate thereof; and wherein, a superimposing mechanism capable of releasably superimposing an adjustment sheet over the transmissive plate, is provided to at least one of the transmissive plate and the holder portion, the adjustment sheet being adjusted to have a thickness equal to or less than a thickness equivalent to a two-fold attenuation amount of the predetermined rate.

Abstract: According to the drift tube linear accelerator of the invention, its acceleration cavity is configured with a center plate and a pair of half cylindrical tubes, wherein the center plate includes a ridge, stems connecting the ridge and drift tube electrodes, and the drift tube electrodes, and wherein the acceleration cavity is configured, as seen in cross section perpendicular to a beam-acceleration center axis, whose inner diameter in X-direction that is perpendicular to a central axis in planar direction in which the stem of the center plate extends and that is passing through the beam-acceleration center axis, is longer than whose inner diameter in Y-direction parallel to the central axis in planar direction.

Abstract: There is provided a range shifter which includes a transmissive plate whose thickness has been adjusted depending on a setup value of an amount of energy to be attenuated, and a holder portion that holds the transmissive plate, wherein the thickness of the transmissive plate is adjusted to be a thickness equivalent to an attenuation amount lower than the setup value by a predetermined rate thereof; and wherein, a superimposing mechanism capable of releasably superimposing an adjustment sheet over the transmissive plate, is provided to at least one of the transmissive plate and the holder portion, the adjustment sheet being adjusted to have a thickness equal to or less than a thickness equivalent to a two-fold attenuation amount of the predetermined rate.

Abstract: A drift-tube linear accelerator that passes an injected particle beam through inside a plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes arranged in a cylindrical cavity in a particle beam traveling direction and accelerates the particle beam by a radio-frequency electric field generated between the plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes, wherein at least part of a focusing device for focusing the particle beam is disposed inside an end drift-tube electrode that is arranged nearest the injection side of the cylindrical cavity among the plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes, with the focusing device being positionally adjustable independently of the end drift-tube electrode.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes: a storing section which is configured to store identification information for identifying the own apparatus from another monitoring apparatus; and a notifying section which is configured to output the identification information together with notification information indicating that an object to be monitored satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: According to the drift tube linear accelerator of the invention, its acceleration cavity is configured with a center plate and a pair of half cylindrical tubes, wherein the center plate includes a ridge, stems connecting the ridge and drift tube electrodes, and the drift tube electrodes, and wherein the acceleration cavity is configured, as seen in cross section perpendicular to a beam-acceleration center axis, whose inner diameter in X-direction that is perpendicular to a central axis in planar direction in which the stem of the center plate extends and that is passing through the beam-acceleration center axis, is longer than whose inner diameter in Y-direction parallel to the central axis in planar direction.

Abstract: A drift-tube linear accelerator that passes an injected particle beam through inside a plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes arranged in a cylindrical cavity in a particle beam traveling direction and accelerates the particle beam by a radio-frequency electric field generated between the plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes, wherein at least part of a focusing device for focusing the particle beam is disposed inside an end drift-tube electrode that is arranged nearest the injection side of the cylindrical cavity among the plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes, with the focusing device being positionally adjustable independently of the end drift-tube electrode.

Abstract: The electrode lengths of a plurality of electrodes linearly arranged in an acceleration cavity are proportional to the velocity of a traveling ion beam. Further, the electrode length is so designated that, in each half of a predetermined cycle in the ion beam direction of travel, the absolute value of a difference, relative to a length that is proportional to the beam traveling velocity is equal to or greater than a value corresponding to the phase width of the traveling ion beam, is provided for electrodes that do not exceed three units and that are fewer than electrodes allotted to half the predetermined cycle.

Abstract: The electrode lengths of a plurality of electrodes linearly arranged in an acceleration cavity are proportional to the velocity of a traveling ion beam. Further, the electrode length is so designated that, in each half of a predetermined cycle in the ion beam direction of travel, the absolute value of a difference, relative to a length that is proportional to the beam traveling velocity is equal to or greater than a value corresponding to the phase width of the traveling ion beam, is provided for electrodes that do not exceed three units and that are fewer than electrodes allotted to half the predetermined cycle.

Abstract: An ultrasonic hair curling device capable of applying ultrasonic vibration efficiently to hairs for effective hair styling in a short time. The device includes a housing, an ultrasonic generator incorporated in the housing for generating ultrasonic vibrations, and a horn connected to receive and transmit the ultrasonic vibrations. The horn is formed at its end with a hollow barrel which projects from the housing for receiving therearound a strand of hair to be curled. The hollow barrel is provided at a portion intermediates at its longitudinal ends with a hair winding zone of which cross-section is smaller than the other portion of the hollow barrel. The hair winding zone of the reduced cross section can vibrate at an amplitude larger than at the front end of the barrel for applying the ultrasonic vibrations efficiently to the hair and making the hair curling effectively.

Abstract: A moving object detecting device is arranged for detection in time series of an angle of respective received-wave signals at every moment with respect to basic axes in a vector plane, the basic axes being a pair of intermediate signals obtained by converting frequency deviation components of the received-wave signals responsive to incident on a wave receiver of reflected waves of radiated energy by a wave radiator from an object moving in a supervisory zone. Such moving object can be thereby detected at a high precision, irrespective of how quickly or slowly it moves within the zone.