ELECTRON ENERGY MEASUREMENTS OF THE RACETRACK MICROTRON BEAM.

Abstract

The momentum spread in the beam of a racetrack microtron was measured using a high resolution beta ray spectrometer. The design of the semicircular double focusing magnetic spectrometer is described. A method of continuous magnetic field measurement in the spectrometer is discussed. The object and image positions relative to the entrance and exit planes of the spectrometer were calculated. The momentum spread in the electron beam of the accelerator as taken directly from the spectrometer was 0.41% at the half width position (full width at half intensity); 0.62% at half current; 1.28% at 90% current and 1.86% at 100% current. These values may be corrected for the natural line width of the spectrometer whose theoretical base spread was 0.16%. With these corrections the upper limit of the energy spread in the 6.0 MeV beam is 22 keV at half width; 34 keV at half integrated current; 73 keV at 90% current and 110 keV at 100% current level. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0624038

Entities

People

  • E. Brannen
  • H. Froelich
  • V. Sells

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • High Resolution
  • Images
  • Intensity
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Momentum
  • Spectrometers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Plasma Physics.

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  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition
  • Microelectronics