Low-Voltage Model Studies of Transmission-Line Configurations for Particle Acceleration.

Abstract

Low-voltage model studies of various transmission-line configurations for particle acceleration have been carried out in parallel-plate and folded, coaxial cavity geometries as well as with coaxial cable arrays. To obtain some information on the waveform distortion caused by the line-junction discontinuities alone, ideal switches (avalanche transistors) were used to switch the charged lines. The analysis of Eccleshall and Temperley, for the general case of two-line systems and Eccleshall, for three-line systems were verified in these experiments. For the case of impedance ratios which result in repetitive waveforms, these studies suggest that the effects of the line-junction discontinuities alone will not be severe enough to prohibit a limited number of beam passes when transmission-line cavities are used as the acceleration module in a recirculating linear-induction accelerator.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA142074

Entities

People

  • C. E. Hollandsworth

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Circuit Boards
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Energy
  • Equivalent Circuits
  • Generators
  • Geometry
  • Impedance
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Low Voltage
  • Military Research
  • Sheet Metal
  • Strip Transmission Lines
  • Transmission Lines
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waveforms
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.