AURORA Electron Beam Modification.
Abstract
The AURORA pulser, which normally operates as a pulsed bremsstrahlung machine, has been modified to inject the electron beam from one of the four lines into a drift chamber. The beam obtained from a hemispheric cathode and a machine charging voltage of 90 kV has been studied in detail. This beam of 8 MeV, 240 kA, 200 ns, 300 kJ has produced energy fluences of 10 to 500 cal sq. cm. The energy deposition profile in three materials has been measured and calculated with reasonable agreement. The beam has been successfully used for structures testing, fluidics circuit irradiation, high intensity bremsstrahlung production, and collective ion acceleration. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA062931
Entities
People
- Stewart E. Graybill
Organizations
- Harry Diamond Laboratories