Rapid Electron Beam Accelerator (REBA-TRON).

Abstract

The invention comprises a particle accelerator with a toroidal vacuum chamber, an injector for injecting a charged paticle beam into the chamber and an exit port to extract the accelerated particle beam. A toroidal magnetic field to confine the beam in the chamber is generated by a set of coils with their axis along the minor axis of the chamber and by two twisted wires that carry current in the same direction wrapped around the chamber. The two twisted wires also generate a torsatron magnetic field that controls the minor radius of the beam. A time varying magnetic field is generated by two concentric cylindrical plates surrounding the chamber. A convoluted transmission line generates a localized electric field in the chamber to accelerate the beam.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 1986
Accession Number
ADD012303

Entities

People

  • Christos A. Kapetanakos
  • Demonsthenes Dialetis
  • Phillip A. Sprangle

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chambers
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Particle Accelerators
  • Particle Beams
  • Particles
  • Transmission Lines
  • Vacuum Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics