Electron Accelerators Requiring High Peak Power Pulse Modulators (open access)

Electron Accelerators Requiring High Peak Power Pulse Modulators

The Astron, a thermo-nuclear fusion research machine, requires the injection of high-energy electron at 5 MEV emery level +- 1/2 %, 200 amperes, 60 pulses per second, 0.3 usec pulse width. The accelerator will work by the induction principle with approximately 500 magnetic cores, each 1/2 inch thick lined up on centers. Each core will be pulsed by a single primary turn and the electrons forming the secondary will experience a voltage acceleration equivalent to the primary voltage upon passing by each core. The coupling in this arrangement has been tested and it is very nearly unity.
Date: June 7, 1960
Creator: Smith, Vernon L.
System: The UNT Digital Library