Diagnostics for induction accelerators
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
The induction accelerator was conceived by N. C. Christofilos and first realized as the Astron accelerator that operated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) from the early 1960s to the end of 1975. This accelerator generated electron beams at energies near 6 MeV with typical currents of 600 Amperes in 400-ns pulses. The Advanced Test Accelerator (ATA) built at Livermore{close_quote}s Site 300 produced 10,000-Ampere beams with pulse widths of 70 ns at energies approaching 50 MeV. Several other electron and ion induction accelerators have been fabricated at LLNL and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). This paper reviews the principal diagnostics developed through efforts by scientists at both laboratories for measuring the current, position, energy, and emittance of beams generated by these high-current, short-pulse accelerators. Many of these diagnostics are closely related to those developed for other accelerators. However, the very fast and intense current pulses often require special diagnostic techniques and considerations. The physics and design of the more unique diagnostics developed for electron induction accelerators are presented and discussed in detail. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 526795
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9605173-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 97:016875
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 390, Issue 1; Conference: 7. workshop on beam instrumentation, Argonne, IL (United States), 6-9 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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