THE CONSTRUCTION AND STUDY OF A HIGH FIELD PLASMA BETATRON ACCELERATOR. Final Report for May 1, 1959-April 30, 1960
With this are bound papers: PLASMA BETATRON ACCELERATORS. K. C. Rogers and D. Finkelstein; Stevens Inst. of Tech., Hoboken, N. J. and Signal Corps (Engineering! Labs., Fort Monmouth, N. J. A HIGH EFFICIENCY CAPACITOR BANK STUDY. K. C. Rogers, D. Finkelstein, L. Ferrari, I. Mansfield, and G. Brucker. (NYO-2378). The Megatron (mega-gauss betatron), for accelerating electrons and positive ions in opposite directions within an ionized gas, is described. The machine is designed to create a 1000-amp beam of 150-Mev electrons. A lowinductance 10/sup 5/-joule capacitor bank is charged to 50 kv, then discharged into the field coil which surrounds a plasmafilled torus accelerating the charged particles to peak energy in 6 mu sec. The design has some novel features such as the use of a single one-turn coil to provide the entire accelerating and guide fields, guiding magnetic fields and accelerating electric fields larger than those used in present accelerators, and plasma injection to get the necessary number of particles into the place where they will be accelerated. The 100,000- joule capacitor bank is designed to deliver capacitively stored energy efficiently and rapidly into low-inductance loads. The bank is described in detail and the modifications necessary to increase the energy storage to 10/sup 6/ joules are outlined. (See also AD-233991.) (W.D.M.)
- Research Organization:
- Stevens Inst. of Tech., Hoboken, N.J. Page(s): 68
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(30-1)-2410; AT(30-1)-1921
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-024925
- OSTI ID:
- 4145838
- Report Number(s):
- TID-6204; SIT-P9-6/60; NYO-910
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: With this are bound papers: PLASMA BETATRON ACCELERATORS. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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