Recent rebatron studies

Conference · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6016867

Prakash, A; Agritellis, C; Dialetis, D; Kapetanakos, C A; Marsh, S J; Sprangle, P

The rebatron is a high-current compact accelerator concept which differs from the modified betatron and the stellatron. In the latter devices, the acceleration mechanism is the relatively slow betatron mechanism. In the rebatron, there is rapid acceleration of the electrons as the beam repeatedly passes through a small (few centimeters long) high-gradient accelerating gap, the beam being recirculated through the gap in a single toroidal beam line of major radius about 1m). Whereas the betatron acceleration typically boosts the electron energy by < 1 keV per revolution, in the rebatron the electron gains > 2 MeV per pass so that the beam attains a given final energy rapidly (in a few ..mu..sec) in a few revolutions, as compared to thousands of revolutions needed in a 50 MeV betatron. Hence the name REBATRON (Rapid Electron Beam Acceleration device). The rapid acceleration eases the problem of growth of beam instabilities and makes fractional synchrotron losses small.

• Research Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6016867
• Report Number(s): CONF-850504-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Journal Volume: NS-32:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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