Publications
In Preparation
Advancing hadron beam radiotherapy by creating a lightweight, compact, iron-free particle accelerator
D. Winklehner, J. Minervini, L. Bromberg, E. Forton, J. Mandrillon, P. Michael, A. Radovinsky
Nature Communications (in preparation, encouraged by editor)
Neural Networks as Effective Surrogate Models of Radio-Frequency Quadrupole Particle Accelerator Simulations
J. Villarreal, D. Winklehner, J. M. Conrad
Machine Learning: Science and Technology (under review)
A New Family of High-Current Cyclotrons for Isotope Production
D. Winklehner, J.R. Alonso, J.M. Conrad
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (under review)
Published
2023
IsoDAR@Yemilab—A Definitive Search for Noble Neutrinos and Other BSM Physics
D. Winklehner
Physical Sciences Forum 8 21 (2023)
High-power Fixed-Field Accelerators
D. Winklehner, A. Adelmann, J. R. Alonso, L. Calabretta, H. Okuno, T. Planche, M. Haj Tahar
JINST 18 T05008 (2023)
The EPICS control system for IsoDAR
P. Weigel, M. Busza, A. Namazov, J. Park, J. Villarreal, L. H. Waites, D. Winklehner
NIMA 1056 168590 (2023)
Analyzing beam-gas interactions in an H2+ cyclotron beam
P. Calvo, D. Winklehner, C. Oliver
J. Phys. G (accepted 2023) https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6471/acfe8f
2022
Neutrino Physics Opportunities with the IsoDAR Neutrino Source at Yemilab
J. Spitz, C. Argüelles, J.M. Conrad, M. Shaevitz, D. Winklehner
Phys. Rev. D 105 052009 (2022)
Order-of-Magnitude Beam Current Improvement in Compact Cyclotrons
D. Winklehner, J. M. Conrad, D. Schoen, M. Yampolskaya, A. Adelmann, S. Mayani
New J. Phys. 24 023038 (2022)
Input Beam Matching and Beam Dynamics Design Optimizations of the IsoDAR RFQ Using Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques
D. Koser, J.M. Conrad, L.H. Waites, D. Winklehner, A. Adelmann, M. Frey
Front. Phys. 10 3389 (2022)
IsoDAR@Yemilab: A Report on the Technology, Capabilities, and Deployment
J.R. Alonso, D. Winklehner, J. Spitz, J.M. Conrad, S.H. Seo, Y.D. Kim, M. Shaevitz, A. Bungau, R. Barlow, L. Calabretta, A. Adelmann, D. Mishins, L. Bartoszek, L.H. Waites, K.M. Bang, K.S. Park
JINST 17 P09042 (2022)
New Commissioning Results of the MIST-1 Multicusp Ion Source
D. Winklehner, J. Conrad, J. Smolsky, L. Waites, P. Weigel
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2244 012013 (2022)
A Low Energy Beam Transport to Match a Multicusp Ion Source to an RFQ
L. Waites, J.M. Conrad, D. Winklehner
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2244 012086 (2022)
2021
High current H2+ beams from a filament-driven multicusp ion source
D. Winklehner, Janet Conrad, Joseph Smolsky, Loyd Waites
Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 123301 (2021)
Simulations of future particle accelerators: issues and mitigations
D. Sagan, M. Berz, N.M. Cook, Y. Hao, G. Hoffstaetter, A. Huebl, C.-K. Huang, M.H. Langston, C.E. Mayes, C.E. Mitchell, C.-K. Ng, J. Qiang, R.D. Ryne, A. Scheinker, E. Stern, J.-L. Vay, D. Winklehner, H. Zhang
JINST 16 T10002 (2021)
Modeling of advanced accelerator concepts
J.-L. Vay, A. Huebl, R. Lehe, N.M. Cook, R.J. England, U. Niedermayer, P. Piot, F. Tsung, D. Winklehner
JINST 16 T10003 (2021)
Design and optimization of the RF input-coupler for a low-frequency, split-coaxial RFQ
M.P. Sangroula, D. Winklehner, M. Schuett
JINST 16 P08061 (2021)
2019
First Results from ABRACADABRA-10cm: A Search for Sub-μeV Axion Dark Matter
J. L. Ouellet, C. P. Salemi, J. W. Foster, R. Henning, Z. Bogorad, J. M. Conrad, J. A. Formaggio, Y. Kahn, J. Minervini, A. Radovinsky, N. L. Rodd, B. R. Safdi, J. Thaler, D. Winklehner, and L. Winslow
Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 121802 (2019)
Design and implementation of the ABRACADABRA-10 cm axion dark matter search
J. L. Ouellet, C. P. Salemi, J. W. Foster, R. Henning, Z. Bogorad, J. M. Conrad, J. A. Formaggio, Y. Kahn, J. Minervini, A. Radovinsky, N. L. Rodd, B. R. Safdi, J. Thaler, D. Winklehner, and L. Winslow
Phys. Rev. D 99, 052012 (2019)
2018
High intensity cyclotrons for neutrino physics,
D. Winklehner, J. Bahng, L. Calabretta, A. Calanna, A. Chakrabarti, J. Conrad, G. D'Agostino, S. Dechoudhury, V. Naik, L. Waites, and P. Weigel
Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, 907 pp. 231-243 (Special issue in honour of Kai Siegbahn) (2018)
Superconducting Cyclotrons for Hadron Radiotherapy
J. Minervini, L. Bromberg A. Radovinsky P. Michael, D. Winklehner
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 28.4 (2018)
2017
Realistic simulations of a cyclotron spiral inflector within a particle-in-cell framework
D. Winklehner, A. Adelmann, A. Gsell, T. Kaman, D. Campo
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 20, 124201 (2017)
2016
Preliminary design of a RFQ direct injection scheme for the IsoDAR high intensity H2+ cyclotron
D. Winklehner, R. Hamm, J. Alonso, J. M. Conrad and S. Axani
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 02B929 (2016)
A high intensity H2+ multicusp ion source for the Isotope Decay-At-Rest experiment, IsoDAR
S. Axani, D. Winklehner, J. Alonso and J. M. Conrad,
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 02B704 (2016)
2015
A space charge compensation model for positive DC ion beams
D. Winklehner and D. Leitner,
JINST 10 T10006 (2015)
The IsoDAR high intensity H2+ transport and injection tests
J. Alonso, S. Axani, L. Calabretta, D. Campo, L. Celona, J. Conrad, A. Day, G. Castro, F. Labrecque, D. Winklehner,
JINST 10 T10003 (2015)
2014
Space-Charge Compensation Measurements in Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source Low Energy Beam Transport Lines with a Retarding Field Analyzer
D. Winklehner, D. Leitner, D. Cole, G. Machicoane, and L. Tobos
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 02A739 (2014)
Characterization of the Catania Versatile Ion Source (VIS) for H2+
L. Calabretta, L. Celona, D. Campo, J. R. Alonso*, D. Winklehner, M. H. Toups, J. Conrad, R. Gutierrez-Martinez, L. Winslow, F. Labrecque, and R. Johnson
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 02A742 (2014)
2012
Progress towards the development of a realistic electron cyclotron resonance ion source extraction model
D. Winklehner, D. Leitner, J. Y. Benitez, C. M. Lyneis, M. M. Strohmeier
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 02B706 (2012)
Low energy beam transport for facility for rare isotope beams driver linear particle accelerator
L. T. Sun, D. Leitner, G. Machicoane, E. Pozdeyev, V. Smirnov, S. B. Vorozhtsov,
D. Winklehner, Q. Zhao
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 02B705 (2012)
2011
Ion beam properties for ECR ion source injector systems
D. Leitner, D. Winklehner, M. Strohmeier
JINST 6 P07010 (2011)
Electron emission yields from boron-like Ar ions impinging on Au(100)
E. Bodewits, H. Bekker, A.J. de Nijs, R. Hoekstra, D. Winklehner, B. Daniel, G. Kowarik, K. Dobes, F. Aumayr
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 269 (2011) 1203–1207
Design of a 400 kV deep underground, high detector efficiency, high target density, high beam intensity accelerator facility
A. Lemut, M. Couder, D. Winklehner, U. Greife, A. Hodgkinson, D. Leitner, M. Leitner, J. S. Saba, P. A. Vetter, W. L. Waldron, M. Wiescher
Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14, 100101 (2011)
2010
Comparison of extraction and beam transport simulations with emittance measurements from the ECR ion source VENUS
D. Winklehner, D. Todd, J. Benitez, M. Strohmeier, D. Grote and D. Leitner
JINST 5 P12001 (2010)
2008
Electron Emission from Insulators Irradiated by Slow Highly Charged Ions
W. Meissl, D. Winklehner, F. Aumayr, M. C. Simon, R. Ginzel, J. R. Crespo López‐Urrutia, J. Ullrich, B. Solleder, C. Lemell and J. Burgdörfer
e‐J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. Vol. 6, 54‐59 (2008)
Whitepapers and Reports
2023
Enabling a Multi-Purpose High-Energy Neutron Source Based on High-Current Compact Cyclotrons
L. Snead, D. Winklehner et al.
arXiv:2302.09011
Physics Potential of a Few Kiloton Scale Neutrino Detector at a Deep Underground Lab in Korea
S.-H. Seo, …, D. Winklehner et al.
arXiv:2309.13435
2022
New directions for surrogate models and differentiable programming for High Energy Physics detector simulation
A. Adelmann, W. Hopkins, E. Kourlitis, M. Kagan, G. Kasieczka, C. Krause, D. Shih, V. Mikuni, B. Nachman, K. Pedro, D. Winklehner
arXiv:2203.08806
Report of the Snowmass'21 Workshop on High-Power Cyclotrons and FFAs
A. Adelmann, J.R. Alonso, L. Calabretta, H. Okuno, T. Planche, M. Haj Tahar, D. Winklehner (chair)
arXiv:2203.07919
Snowmass21 Accelerator Modeling Community White Paper
S. Biedron, L. Brouwer, D. L. Bruhwiler, N. M. Cook, A. L. Edelen, D. Filippetto, C. -K. Huang, A. Huebl, N. Kuklev, R. Lehe, S. Lund, C. Messe, W. Mori, C. -K. Ng, D. Perez, P. Piot, J. Qiang, R. Roussel, D. Sagan, A. Sahai, A. Scheinker, F. Tsung, J. -L. Vay, D. Winklehner, H. Zhang
arXiv:2203.08335
Snowmass'21 Whitepaper -- IsoDAR Overview
J. R. Alonso, J. M. Conrad, Y. D. Kim, S. H. Seo, M. H. Shaevitz, J. Spitz, D. Winklehner
arXiv:2203.08804
2021
IsoDAR@Yemilab: A Conceptual Design Report for the Deployment of the Isotope Decay-At-Rest Experiment in Korea's New Underground Laboratory, Yemilab
Editors: J.R. Alonso, J.M. Conrad, D. Winklehner, S.H. Seo, K.M. Bang, Y.D. Kim, and K.S. Park for the IsoDAR Collaboration
arXiv:2110.10635 (2021)
Response to DOE RFI - Robust Accelerator Science & Technology Ecosystem
J. Alonso, B. Barletta, J. Conrad, M. Shaevitz1, D. Winklehner (IsoDAR Collaboration)
DOE Request for Information “Creating a Robust Accelerator Science & Technology Ecosystem”
Comments Concerning A Robust Accelerator Science & Technology Ecosystem
T. Akinwande, A. Arodzero, W. Barletta, J. Conrad, R. Gupta, Z. Hartwig, R. Lanza, R. Temkin,
D. Winklehner. (MIT Responders)
DOE Request for Information “Creating a Robust Accelerator Science & Technology Ecosystem”
2020
Update on the IsoDAR 60 MeV/amu Cyclotron Acceleration Simulations
D. Winklehner for the DAEδALUS collaboration
arXiv:2002.11264 (2020)
2019
Final Report for the Compact, Low-Cost, Light-Weight, Superconducting, Ironless Cyclotrons for Hadron Radiotherapy
J. Minervini, L. Bromberg A. Radovinsky P. Michael, D. Winklehner
U.S. Department of Energy, Final Report: DOE-MIT-0013499 (2019) https://doi.org/10.2172/1505372
OPAL a Versatile Tool for Charged Particle Accelerator Simulations
A. Adelmann, P. Calvo, M. Frey, A. Gsell, U. Locans, C. Metzger-Kraus, N. Neveu, C. Rogers, S. Russell, S. Sheehy, J. Snuverink, D. Winklehner
arXiv:1905.06654 (2019)
2018
IsoDAR@KamLAND: A Conceptual Design Report for the Technical Facility
M. Abs, A. Adelmann, J.R Alonso, S. Axani, W.A. Barletta, R. Barlow, L. Bartoszek, A. Bungau, L. Calabretta, A. Calanna, D. Campo, G. Castro, L. Celona, G.H. Collin, J.M. Conrad, S. Gammino, R. Johnson, G. Karagiorgi, S. Kayser, W. Kleeven, A. Kolano, F. Labrecque, W.A. Loinaz, J. Minervini, M.H. Moulai, H. Okuno, H. Owen, V. Papavassiliou, M.H. Shaevitz, I. Shimizu, T.M. Shokair, K.F. Sorensen, J. Spitz, M. Toups, M. Vagins, K. Van Bibber, M.O. Wascko, D. Winklehner, L.A Winslow, J.J. Yang
arXiv:1511.05130
Whitepaper on the DAEdALUS Program
C. Aberle, A. Adelmann, J. Alonso, W. A. Barletta, R. Barlow, L. Bartoszek, A. Bungau, A. Calanna, D. Campo, L. Calabretta, L. Celona, G. Collin, J. M. Conrad, A. de Gouvea, Z. Djurcic, S. Gammino, D. Garisto, R. Gutierrez, R. R. Johnson, Y. Kamyshkov, G. Karagiorgi, A. Kolano, F. Labrecque, W. Loinaz, H. Okuno, V. Papavassiliou, K. Scholberg, M. H. Shaevitz, I. Shimizu, J. Spitz, M. Skuhersky, K. Terao, M. Toups, M. Vagins, D. Winklehner, L. A. Winslow, J. J. Yang
arXiv:1307.2949
Conference Proceedings
2023
Summary of the Snowmass’21 Workshop on High Power Cyclotrons and FFAs
D. Winklehner, et al.
Proc. of the 23rd International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications (CYC’23)
JACoW CYCLOTRONS2022- MOBI01 (2023)
Status of the IsoDAR High-Current H2+ Cyclotron (HCHC-XX) Development
L.H. Waites, J.R. Alonso, J.M. Conrad, D. Winklehner
Proc. of the 23rd International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications (CYC’23)
JACoW CYCLOTRONS2022-MOAO01 (2023)
2022
IsoDAR: A High Power Cyclotron for Neutrino Physics and Beyond
L.H.Waites, J.R. Alonso, J.M. Conrad, D. Winklehner
Proc. of the 22nd International Workshop on Neutrinos from Accelerators — PoS (NuFact2021)
2021
High-Current H2+ Beams from a Compact Cyclotron using RFQ Direct Injection
D. Winklehner, et al.
Proc. of International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’21), JACoW IPAC2021-TUXB07 (2021)
Technical Design of an RFQ Injector for the IsoDAR Cyclotron
H. Höltermann, D. Winklehner, et al.
Proc. of International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’21), JACoW IPAC2021-THPAB167 (2021)
RFQ Beam Dynamics Optimization Using Machine Learning
D. Koser, D. Winklehner, et al.
Proc. of International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’21), JACoW IPAC2021-WEPAB203 (2021)
Thermal Analysis of a Compact Split-Coaxial CW RFQ for the IsoDAR RFQ-DIP
D. Koser, D. Winklehner, et al.
Proc. of International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’21), JACoW IPAC2021-WEPAB202 (2021)
Design and Optimization of a Low Frequency RF-Input Coupler for the IsoDAR RFQ
M. Sangroula, D. Winklehner, et al.
Proc. of International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’21), JACoW IPAC2021-WEPAB195 (2021)
Tools for the Development and Applications of the IsoDAR Cyclotron
L. Waites, D. Winklehner, et al.
Proc. of International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’21), JACoW IPAC2021-MOPAB160 (2021)
Matching of an RFQ and Multicusp Ion Source with Compact LEBT
L. Waites, D. Winklehner, et al.
Proc. of International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’21), JACoW IPAC2021-MOPAB159 (2021)
2017
First Commissioning Results of the Multicusp Ion Source at MIT (MIST-1) for H2+
D. Winklehner, S. Axani, P. Bedard, J. Conrad, J. Corona, F. Hartwell, J. Smolsky, A. Tripathee, L. Waites, P. Weigel, T. Wester and M. Yampolskaya,
AIP Conference Proceedings 2011, 030002 (2017)
The front-end of IsoDAR
S. Axani, D. Winklehner, J.M. Conrad
PoS (ICHEP2016) 484
2016
Updated physics design of the DAEδALUS and IsoDAR coupled cyclotrons for high intensity H2+ beam production
D. Winklehner,
Proc. of the 21st International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications (CYC’16), TUB02
2015
An RFQ Direct Injection Scheme for the IsoDAR High Intensity H2+ Cyclotron
D. Winklehner, R. Hamm, J. Alonso, J.M. Conrad
Proc. of the 6th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’15), JACoW-IPAC2015-WEPTY048
2014
High Power Cyclotrons for Neutrino Experiments
D. Campo, L. Calabretta, A. Calanna, J. M. Conrad, J. Alonso, W. Barletta, D. Winklehner, M. Shaevitz, A. Adelmann, J. Yang
Proc. of the 5th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’14), JACoW IPAC2014-MOPRI078
2013
DIANA - A Deep Underground Accelerator for Nuclear Astrophysics Experiments
D. Winklehner, A. Lemut, D. Leitner, M. Couder, A. Hodgkinson, M. Wiescher
AIP Conf. Proc. 1525, 516 (2013)
Space charge compensation measurements in the injector beam lines of the NSCL coupled cyclotron facility
D. Winklehner, et al.
Proc. of the 20th International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications (CYC’13), we3pb03
Cyclotron injection tests of high-intensity H2+ beams
F. Labrecque, D. Winklehner, et al. (poster)
Proc. of the 20th Int. Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications (CYC’13), weppt026
2012
Space Charge Compensation Measurements of Multicharged Ion Beams Extracted from ECR Ion Sources
D. Winklehner, D. Leitner, G. Machicoane, F. Marti, D. Cole, L. Tobos,
Proc. of the 20th International Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources, TUZO04
2011
DIANA, A NEXT GENERATION DEEP UNDERGROUND ACCELERATOR FACILITY
D. Leitner, M. Leitner, D. Winklehner, A. Lemut, J. S. Saba, M. Couder, M. Wiescher,
Proc. of 2011 Particle Accelerator Conference, FROAN2 (2011)
2010
The DIANA Underground Accelerator Facility Project at DUSEL Laboratory
A. Lemut, M. Couder, D. Winklehner, A. E. Champagne, P. Collon, M. Famiano, F. Gray, U. Greife, A.
Hodgkinson, C. Iliadis, D. Leitner, M. Leitner, J.S. Saba, E. Stech, P.A. Vetter, W.L. Waldron, M. Wiescher
PoS (NIC XI) 126 (2010)
PLASMA-TO-TARGET WARP SIMULATIONS OF URANIUM BEAMS EXTRACTED FROM VENUS COMPARED TO EMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS AND BEAM IMAGES
D. Winklehner, D. Todd, D. Grote, D. Leitner, J. Benitez, M. Strohmeier
Proc. of the 19th International Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources, TUCOAK03 (2010)
2008
Electron emission from insulators irradiated by slow highly charged ions.
M.C. Simon, W. Meissl, D. Winklehner, F. Aumayr, R. Ginzel, J.R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia, J. Ullrich, Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, 43(3), 1 (2008). Abstract only.