GEM, ANL 4-GeV CW electron microtron design
A six-sided hexagonal microtron has been chosen as the accelerator to generate the beams required to pursue a national research program at a CW 4 GeV electron laboratory. This option has the advantages of superior beam quality, low capital and operating cost, and promise of furnishing beams of several electron energies simultaneously. Only moderate RF power is required because the electron beam will be accelerated through the same RF accelerating section many times. The hexatron design has the additional feature of compatibility with an existing accelerator complex at Argonne which is currently unoccupied and available. The basic components of the accelerator include an electron gun, chopper-buncher, a 23 MeV linac injector, a 23-185 MeV Racetrack Microtron, an interstage phase space matching section, a subharmonic cavity, a 185-400 MeV Six-Sided Microtron, extraction systems, and various transport lines. The 100 KeV beam will be injected into a 2 MeV linac capture section which will be followed by a 3 MeV preaccelerator section. Acceleration to 23 MeV will be accomplished by 8 sections of linac consisting of on-axis-coupled structure. The beam will be injected into the Racetrack Microtron and accelerated to 185 MeV in 27 revolutions with a 6 MeV gain per turn. This paper describes the design, operation and performance of the microtron and its components.
- Research Organization:
- Phys. Division, Argonne Nat.'l Lab., 9700 S. Cass Ave., Argonne IL 60439
- OSTI ID:
- 6887231
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-830311-
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Vol. NS-30:4; ISSN IETNA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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