Experimental test accelerator (ETA) II

Technical Report · Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6571077· OSTI ID:6571077

Fessenden, T J; Atchison, W L; Birx, D L

The Experimental Test Accelerator (ETA) is designed to produce a 10 kAmp electron beam at an energy of 4.5 MeV in 40 nsec pulses at an average rate of 2 pps. The accelerator also operates in bursts of 5 pulses spaced by as little as one millisec at an average rate of 5 pps. The machine is currently operating near 80% of its design values and has accumulated over 2.5 million pulses - mostly at a rate of one pps. The plasma cathode electron source, the remainder of the accelerator, and the operating characteristics of the machine are discussed.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6571077
• Report Number(s): UCRL-85036; CONF-810314-20; TRN: 81-006821
• Resource Relation: Conference: Particle accelerator conference, Washington, DC, USA, 11 Mar 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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