Electrical measurement techniques for pulsed high current electron beams

Conference · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5677101

Struve, K W

The advent of high current (1 to 100 kA), moderate energy (>10 MeV), short pulse (1 to 100 ns) electron accelerators used for charged particle beam research has motivated a need to complement standard diagnostics with development of new diagnostic techniques to measure electron beam parameters. A brief survey is given of the diagnostics for measuring beam current, position, size, energy, and emittance. While a broad scope of diagnostics will be discussed, this survey will emphasize diagnostics used on the Experimental Test Accelerator (ETA) and Advanced Test Accelerator (ATA). Focus is placed on diagnostics measuring beam current, position and size. Among the diagnostics discussed are resistive wall current monitors, B/sub theta/ loops, Rogowski coils, Faraday cups, and x-ray wire diagnostics. Operation at higher current levels also increases radiation and electromagnetic pulse interference. These difficulties and methods for circumventing them are also discussed.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5677101
• Report Number(s): UCRL-93261; CONF-860384-8; ON: DE86010980
• Resource Relation: Conference: Conference on measurement of electrical quantities in pulse power systems-II, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 5 Mar 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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