Recirulating linac accelerator (RLA) cold beam injector design
A new foilless diode with a non-magnetically immersed cathode was recently designed and built for the Sandia Recirculating Linear Accelerator (RLA). Because there is also no radial component of electric field at the cathode, the electron beam starts almost parallel and is matched to a solenoidal transport system with minimum increase in divergence and radius. The electrode emission surface is specified by an area covered with felt that undergoes explosive electron emission at low electrical field stresses (60 kV/cm). The 1.7-MV, 4.8-kA produced beam is transported 1.5 meters to the injection region of the racetrack via a system of solenoids and focusing coils. The maximum transverse velocity component at injection point (1.5 m downstream from the cathode surface) is ..beta../sub /perpendicular// = 0.03, and the radius, r = 2.8 cm, gives a very small beam emittance, /var epsilon/ = 0.08 rad-cm. 3-D numerical simulations suggest that tangential injection into the ion focusing regime (IFR) channel of the accelerator provides better beam-channel coupling. A 4-MV design is also described. 6 refs., 6 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6866904
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-88-2500C; CONF-8809149-10; ON: DE89001231
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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