Design and Principles of Linear Accelerators and Colliders." in Particle Physics Reference Library, pp. 295-336. Springer, Cham, 2020.
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland); High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba (Japan)
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Frascati (Italy)
Linear accelerators (linacs) use alternating radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields to accelerate charged particles in a straight line. Linacs were invented about 95 years ago and have seen many significant technical innovations since. A wide range of particle beams have been accelerated with linacs including beams of electrons, positrons, protons, antiprotons, and heavy ions. Linac parameter possibilities include pulsed versus continuous wave, low and high beam powers, low and high repetition rates, low transverse emittance beams, short bunches with small energy spreads, and accelerated multiple bunches in a single pulse. The number of linacs around the world has grown tremendously with thousands of linacs in present use, many for medical therapy, in industry, and for research and development in a broad spectrum of scientific fields. Researchers have developed accelerators for scientific tools in their own right, being awarded several Nobel prizes. Moreover, linacs and particle accelerators in general have enabled many discovery level science experiments in related fields, resulting in many Nobel prizes as well.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- OSTI ID:
- 1638973
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-ACC-20-3143; DOE/OR/23177-5004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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