A Compact High Power Accelerator.

Abstract

A system for providing a compact, high power particle accelerator powered by a modulated intense relativistic electron beam is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment a first source develops a high power intense relativistic electron beam (IREB). A modulating apparatus modulates the IREB with a low power level radiofrequency (RF) signal to produce a high power MIREB. All of the kinetic energy from the high power MIREB is then stored as a high level of electromagnetic or RF energy in an accelerating apparatus. A particle beam from a source is modulated with the RF signal to establish a phase coherency between the modulated particle beam and the stored RF energy before it is passed through the accelerating apparatus. This phase coherent particle beam is accelerated by the stored RF energy as it drains this energy from the accelerating apparatus during its passage through the accelerating apparatus.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 18, 1987
Accession Number
ADD013726

Entities

People

  • Moshe Friedman
  • Victor Serlin

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Particle Accelerators
  • Particle Beams
  • Particle Colliders
  • Particles
  • Power Levels
  • Radio Frequency

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics