Abstract
The operating principles of a direct-action accelerator designed to acceIerate electrons to an energy of 1.5 MeV with a mean beam power of tens of kilowatts and an efficiency of around 90% are described. The electron-current pulse length can be varied from 0 to g msec, and the repetition frequency up to 50 times per sec. The mean current im may reach 1/6 of the maximum current in the pulse. Magnetic lenses are installed in order to focus electron currents of up to 100 mA into a beam a few mm in diameter in the accelerating tube. Heavy-metal screens are placed close to the axis of the tube in order to protect the gas gaps and other electrically-stressed parts of the accelerator from radiation arising inside the tube.
The construction of a system for producing an electron beam with an energy of 1.5 MeV and a mean power of 25 kW (im = 17 mA) is described.
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E. A. Abramyan and V. A. Gaponov, A High-Efficiency System for Accelerating Charged Particles [in Russian], Author's certificate No. 906570 as from August 31, 1964.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 385–392, May, 1966.
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Abramyan, E.A., Gaponov, V.A. Heavy-current accelerator based on a transformer. At Energy 20, 431–438 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01164040
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01164040