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Title: SMILE transmission line adder for RADLAC II

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OSTI ID:5704742
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  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. EG and G Energy Measurements Group, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Special Projects

SMILE is a coaxial Self Magnetically Insulated Transmission Line voltage adder. It replaces the original beam line of the RADLAC II accelerator by a 12.5 m long cathode electrode. The anode electrode remains practically the same, consisting of the original eight insulating stacks or feeds which are connected with equal diameter stainless steel cylinders. The beam is produced at the end of the accelerator and is free of all the possible instabilities associated with accelerating gaps and magnetic vacuum transport. Annular beams with {beta}{perpendicular} {le} 0.1 and radius r{sub b} {le} 1 cm were routinely obtained and extracted from a small magnetically-immersed foilless electron diode. Results of the experimental evaluation are presented and compared with design parameters and numerical simulation predictions. 4 refs.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOD; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5704742
Report Number(s):
SAND-91-2658C; CONF-9106276-6; ON: DE92007987
Resource Relation:
Conference: Charged particle beam conference, Silver Springs, MD (United States), 25-27 Jun 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English