A Report on the Possible Benefits of Using High-Temperature Superconductor Materials in Particle Accelerator Design

Abstract

This report discusses different design concepts for particle beam accelerators. It demonstrates that with the use of high temperature superconducting materials, a more compact, lighter, and more robust accelerator design can be realized for the space based neutral particle beam (NPB) accelerator. Particle accelerators, Neutral particle beam, High temperature superconductivity, Cryogenic systems, Directed energy weapons, RF cavities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA207174

Entities

People

  • Bohdan Balko
  • Leslie Cohen
  • Robert Collins

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Critical Temperature
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electric Fields
  • Energy
  • Field Emission
  • Heat Energy
  • High Temperature
  • High Temperature Superconductors
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Neutral Particle Beams
  • Particle Accelerators
  • Particle Beams
  • Pulsed Power
  • Superconductivity
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster