A Novel Compact and Portable Linear Accelerator Electron Beam System

A lightweight, portable 15 MeV electron beam linear accelerator (LINAC) system has been developed for research applications. Our approach uses a commercial, off-the-shelf magnetron to drive an S-band standing-wave accelerator. The magnetron is driven by a Type-E pulse forming network (PFN), the modu...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2023-04, Vol.51 (4), p.1-7
Main Authors: Miller, R. Bruce, Trujillo, Henry, Johnson, Richard W., Andreev, Andrey D., Smith, Don, Lopez, Alberto, Lockwood, Nathaniel P., Enderich, Daniel A., Harris, John R., Schaub, Samuel C., Lambrecht, Michael R.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Couplings
Electron beams
electron linear accelerators (LINACs)
Frequency modulation
Linear accelerators
Linear particle accelerator
Magnetic resonance
Portability
Radio frequency
Standing waves
Voltage
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Summary:A lightweight, portable 15 MeV electron beam linear accelerator (LINAC) system has been developed for research applications. Our approach uses a commercial, off-the-shelf magnetron to drive an S-band standing-wave accelerator. The magnetron is driven by a Type-E pulse forming network (PFN), the modulator, switched with a thyratron. Within the modulator macropulse, short (
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2023.3255004