Rapid electron beam accelerator (REBA-tron)

Patent · Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5694406

Kapetanakos, C A; Sprangle, P A; Dialetis, D

This invention comprises a particle accelerator with a toroidal vacuum chamber, an injector for injecting a charged-paticle beam into the chamber and an exit port to extract the accelerated particle beam. A toroidal magnetic field to confine the beam in the chamber is generated by a set of coils with their axis along the minor axis of the chamber and by two twisted wires that carry current in the same direction wrapped around the chamber. The two twisted wires also generate a torsatron magnetic field that controls the minor radius of the beam. A time-varying magnetic field is generated by two concentric cylindrical plates surrounding the chamber. A convoluted transmission line generates a localized electric field in the chamber to accelerate the beam.

• Assignee: Dept. of the Navy, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 5694406
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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