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Title: Laser-free RF-gun as a combined source of THz and ps-sub-ps X-rays

Abstract

A coherent, mm-sub-mm-wave source driven by a RF electron gun is proposed for wide research applications as well as auxiliary inspection and screening, safe imaging, cancer diagnostics, surface defectoscopy, and enhanced time-domain spectroscopy. It allows generation of high peak and average THz-sub-THz radiation power provided by beam pre-bunching and chirping in the RF gun followed by microbunching in magnetic compressor, and resonant Cherenkov radiation of an essentially flat beam in a robust, ~inch-long, planar, mm-sub-mm gap structure. The proof-of-principle has been successfully demonstrated in Phase I on a 5 MeV beam of L-band thermionic injector of Idaho Accelerator Center. The system can also deliver an intense, ps-sub-ps bursts of low-to-moderate dose of relativistic electrons and X-ray radiation produced by the same beam required for pulsed radiolysis as well as to enhance screening efficiency, throughput and safety.

Authors:
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  1. RadiaBeam Technologies, Santa Monica, CA (United States)
  2. Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID (United States); Idaho Accelerator Center, Pocatello, ID (United States)
  3. Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID (United States)
  4. Idaho Accelerator Center, Pocatello, ID (United States)
  5. European Spalation Source, Lund (Sweden)
  6. Pulsar Physics, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
  7. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1194122
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC-FOA-0000760; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics Procedia
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 66; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1875-3892
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; terahertz; radiation; X-rays; electron beam; RF gun; Cherenkov; sub-ps; pulse; alpha-magnet; slow-wave structure; group velocity

Citation Formats

Agustsson, R., Boucher, S., Finn, O., Hartzell, J., Ruelas, M., Smirnov, A. V., Storms, S., Ning, Z., Murokh, A., Campese, T., Faillace, L., Verma, A., Kim, Y., Buaphad, P., Andrews, A., Berls, B., Eckman, C., Folkman, K., Knowles-Swingle, A., O’Neill, C., Smith, M., Grandsaert, T., van der Geer, B., de Loos, M., Berg, W. J., Sereno, N. S., Sun, Y., and Zholents, A. A. Laser-free RF-gun as a combined source of THz and ps-sub-ps X-rays. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2015.05.021.
Agustsson, R., Boucher, S., Finn, O., Hartzell, J., Ruelas, M., Smirnov, A. V., Storms, S., Ning, Z., Murokh, A., Campese, T., Faillace, L., Verma, A., Kim, Y., Buaphad, P., Andrews, A., Berls, B., Eckman, C., Folkman, K., Knowles-Swingle, A., O’Neill, C., Smith, M., Grandsaert, T., van der Geer, B., de Loos, M., Berg, W. J., Sereno, N. S., Sun, Y., & Zholents, A. A. Laser-free RF-gun as a combined source of THz and ps-sub-ps X-rays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.05.021
Agustsson, R., Boucher, S., Finn, O., Hartzell, J., Ruelas, M., Smirnov, A. V., Storms, S., Ning, Z., Murokh, A., Campese, T., Faillace, L., Verma, A., Kim, Y., Buaphad, P., Andrews, A., Berls, B., Eckman, C., Folkman, K., Knowles-Swingle, A., O’Neill, C., Smith, M., Grandsaert, T., van der Geer, B., de Loos, M., Berg, W. J., Sereno, N. S., Sun, Y., and Zholents, A. A. 2015. "Laser-free RF-gun as a combined source of THz and ps-sub-ps X-rays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.05.021. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1194122.
@article{osti_1194122,
title = {Laser-free RF-gun as a combined source of THz and ps-sub-ps X-rays},
author = {Agustsson, R. and Boucher, S. and Finn, O. and Hartzell, J. and Ruelas, M. and Smirnov, A. V. and Storms, S. and Ning, Z. and Murokh, A. and Campese, T. and Faillace, L. and Verma, A. and Kim, Y. and Buaphad, P. and Andrews, A. and Berls, B. and Eckman, C. and Folkman, K. and Knowles-Swingle, A. and O’Neill, C. and Smith, M. and Grandsaert, T. and van der Geer, B. and de Loos, M. and Berg, W. J. and Sereno, N. S. and Sun, Y. and Zholents, A. A.},
abstractNote = {A coherent, mm-sub-mm-wave source driven by a RF electron gun is proposed for wide research applications as well as auxiliary inspection and screening, safe imaging, cancer diagnostics, surface defectoscopy, and enhanced time-domain spectroscopy. It allows generation of high peak and average THz-sub-THz radiation power provided by beam pre-bunching and chirping in the RF gun followed by microbunching in magnetic compressor, and resonant Cherenkov radiation of an essentially flat beam in a robust, ~inch-long, planar, mm-sub-mm gap structure. The proof-of-principle has been successfully demonstrated in Phase I on a 5 MeV beam of L-band thermionic injector of Idaho Accelerator Center. The system can also deliver an intense, ps-sub-ps bursts of low-to-moderate dose of relativistic electrons and X-ray radiation produced by the same beam required for pulsed radiolysis as well as to enhance screening efficiency, throughput and safety.},
doi = {10.1016/j.phpro.2015.05.021},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1194122}, journal = {Physics Procedia},
issn = {1875-3892},
number = C,
volume = 66,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}