Sequentially pulsed traveling wave accelerator
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1. A short pulse dielectric wall accelerator comprising:
- a dielectric beam tube of length L surrounding an acceleration axis;
at least two pulse-forming lines transversely connected to the beam tube, each pulse-forming line having a switch connectable to a high voltage potential for propagating at least one electrical wavefront(s) therethrough independent of other pulse-forming lines to produce a short acceleration pulse of pulse width τ
along a corresponding short axial length δ
L of the beam tube; and
means for sequentially controlling the switches so that a traveling axial electric field is produced along the beam tube in synchronism with an axially traversing pulsed beam of charged particles to serially impart energy to said particles.
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Abstract
A sequentially pulsed traveling wave compact accelerator having two or more pulse forming lines each with a switch for producing a short acceleration pulse along a short length of a beam tube, and a trigger mechanism for sequentially triggering the switches so that a traveling axial electric field is produced along the beam tube in synchronism with an axially traversing pulsed beam of charged particles to serially impart energy to the particle beam.
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1. A short pulse dielectric wall accelerator comprising:
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a dielectric beam tube of length L surrounding an acceleration axis;
at least two pulse-forming lines transversely connected to the beam tube, each pulse-forming line having a switch connectable to a high voltage potential for propagating at least one electrical wavefront(s) therethrough independent of other pulse-forming lines to produce a short acceleration pulse of pulse width τ
along a corresponding short axial length δ
L of the beam tube; and
means for sequentially controlling the switches so that a traveling axial electric field is produced along the beam tube in synchronism with an axially traversing pulsed beam of charged particles to serially impart energy to said particles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A sequentially pulsed traveling wave linear accelerator comprising:
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a plurality of pulse-forming lines extending to a transverse acceleration axis, each pulse-forming line having a switch connectable to a high voltage potential for propagating at least one electrical wavefront(s) therethrough independent of other pulse-forming lines to produce a short acceleration pulse adjacent a corresponding short axial length of the acceleration axis; and
a trigger operably connected to sequentially control the switches so that a traveling axial electric field is produced along the acceleration axis in synchronism with an axially traversing pulsed beam of charged particles to serially impart energy to said particles. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A sequentially pulsed traveling wave linear accelerator comprising:
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a dielectric beam tube of length L surrounding an acceleration axis;
at least two Blumlein modules, each forming a pulse-forming line transverse to the acceleration axis and comprising;
a first conductor having a first end, and a second end connected to the beam tube;
a second conductor adjacent to the first conductor, said second conductor having a first end switchable to the high voltage potential, and a second end connected to the beam tube;
a third conductor adjacent to the second conductor, said third conductor having a first end, and a second end connected to the beam tube;
a first dielectric material with a first dielectric constant that fills the space between the first and second conductors; and
a second dielectric material with a second dielectric constant that fills the space between the second and third conductors, with the first and second dielectric constants less than the dielectric constant of the beam tube;
each Blumlein module having at least one switch connectable to a high voltage potential for propagating at least one electrical wavefront(s) therethrough independent of other Blumlein modules to produce a short acceleration pulse of pulse width τ
along a corresponding short axial length δ
L of the beam tube; and
a controller operably connected to sequentially trigger the switches so that a traveling axial electric field is produced along the beam tube in synchronism with an axially traversing pulsed beam of charged particles to serially impart energy to said particles. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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