High brightness injector studies on IBEX

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6747029

Frost, C A; Leifeste, G T; Poukey, J W; Hasti, D E; Jojola, J M; Jones, E E

RADLAC II is a high current linear induction accelerator for electrons. The beam is produced in a field-immersed foilless diode injector. We report the first time-resolved characterization of similar high-brightness immersed diode source using a time-gated, 2-D x-ray imaging technique. The experiments were performed on the 4-MeV IBEX accelerator and produced currents exceeding 40 kA in a 6-mm radius, thin annular beam with a measured thermal transverse velocity v/sub /perpendicular// = ..beta../sub /perpendicular//c /approximately/ 0.1c. For currents of 30 kA, even brighter beams with ..beta../sub /perpendicular// = 0.07 were obtained. In all cases, the measured parameters were consistent with 2-D PIC simulations. The experimental results will be discussed and compared to theory and simulations. 7 refs., 5 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6747029
• Report Number(s): SAND-88-2616C; CONF-8809149-23; ON: DE89001822
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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