AIRIX induction accelerator development at CESTA

Author

Voisin, L. ; Anthouard, P. ; Bardy, J. ; Delsart, P. ; Devin, A. ; Eyharts, P. ; Guilhem, D. ; Launspach, J. ; de Mascureau, J. ; Roques, A. ; Villate, D. ; Merle, E.

Author_Institution

CEA, Le Barp, France

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

June 29 1997-July 2 1997

Firstpage

1315

Abstract

AIRIX induction accelerator (16-20 MeV, 3.5 kA, 60 ns) has been designed at CESTA for flash X-ray radiography application. It is based on a 4 MeV, 3.5 kA pulsed electron injector and a 16 MeV induction accelerator. It is scheduled to be operational in 1999. The prototype PIVAIR is a validation step for AIRIX at 8 MeV. It comprises an injector (4 MeV, 3.5 kA, 60 ns) and 16 induction cells supplied by 8 high voltage generators (250 kV, 70 ns). Two different cell technologies have been tested (rexolite insulator or ferrite under vacuum) and will be compared in this paper. Results on beam characteristics, beam transport and beam centering procedure will be given as well as a validation of a BBU instabilities code.

Keywords

X-ray production; beam handling techniques; collective accelerators; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; radiography; 16 to 20 MeV; 250 kV; 3.5 kA; 4 MeV; 60 ns; 70 ns; 8 MeV; AIRIX induction accelerator development; BBU instabilities code; CESTA; PIVAIR; beam centering procedure; beam characteristics; beam transport; ferrite; flash X-ray radiography; high voltage generators; induction accelerator; induction cells; pulsed electron injector; rexolite insulator; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Ferrites; Induction generators; Insulation; Optical beams; Particle beams; Prototypes; Structural beams; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1997. Digest of Technical Papers. 1997 11th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4213-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1997.674583

Filename

674583