Operation of a Six-Mev Linear Electron Accelerator
- 1 June 1951
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 22 (6) , 402-405
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1745951
Abstract
The operation of a 6‐Mev linear electron accelerator is described. It is of the traveling‐wave type, 14 feet in length. A single magnetron is used as a power source, operating at a wavelength of 10.5 cm, with a peak power output of 0.9 megawatt. Electrons are injected at a velocity v=c/2. Approximately 1/20 of the injected electrons reach the target end of the accelerator, with energies falling in a 1‐Mev range near 6 Mev. The average current obtained is 0.05 μa. With an electron pulse length of 0.8 μsec and a pulse repetition rate of 60 per sec, this corresponds to a peak current of the order of 1 ma.Keywords
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- A Linear Electron AcceleratorReview of Scientific Instruments, 1948