MEGATRON ACCELERATOR PROGRESS REPORT

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1959

OSTI ID:4226249

Rogers, K C; Finkelstein, D; Brucker, G; Ferrari, L; Mansfield, I; Caulfield, D

The Megatron (mega-gauss betatron) is designed to create a 1000 ampere beam of 150 Mev electrons. A low inductance 10/sup 5/ joule capacitor bank is changed to 50 kv, then discharged into the field coil, which surrounds a plasmafilled torus. The charged particles are accelerated to peak energy in 6 mu sec. A general description of the machine is given and energetics of induction acceleration, field shaping, plasma injection, capacitor bank and switches, the field coil, collision and radiation losses, and diagmostics are discussed. (W.D.M.)

• Research Organization: Stevens Inst. of Tech., Hoboken, N.J.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(30-1)-2410
• NSA Number: NSA-14-003066
• OSTI ID: 4226249
• Report Number(s): AECU-4406
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

PHYSICS
BETATRONS
CAPACITORS
COILS
CONFIGURATION
DIAGNOSIS
ELECTRIC CHARGES
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ELECTRON BEAMS
ENERGY
ENERGY RANGE
INDUCTION
INJECTION
LOSSES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLANNING
PLASMA
POWER
RADIATIONS
SCATTERING
SWITCHES
TORUS