The Advanced Test Accelerator (ATA), a 50-MeV, 10-kA Induction Linac

Author

Reginato, L. ; Briggs, Robert ; Hester, R. ; Fessenden, T. ; Neil, K. ; Paul, A. ; Prono, D. ; Perry, Travis ; Abraham, W. ; Branum, D. ; Cook, Emma ; Copp, R. ; Heinitz, R. ; Holeman, D. ; Lafave, W. ; Lee, Daewoo ; Newton, M. ; Rogers, D. ; Smith ; Spec

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Post Office Box 808/L-526 Livermore, California 94550

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

1983

Firstpage

2970

Lastpage

2974

Abstract

The ATA is an induction accelerator designed to produce 70 ns pulses of electrons at currents of 10 kA and energies in excess of 50 MeV. The accelerator is capable of operating at an average rate of 5 Hz or at 1 kHz for ten pulses. The parameters were chosen primarily to provide the experimental basis for advancing the understanding of electron beam propagation physics. The 85 m accelerator has been under construction for the past four years and has adopted mainly an improved version of the ETA technology to satisfy the required parameters. Initial operation of the facility and the energy conversion system from primary power to axial electric field will be described; recent advances in magnetic switching which have been incorporated in the injector will also be discussed.

Keywords

Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Laboratories; Life estimation; Linear particle accelerator; Particle accelerators; Particle beams; Structural beams; Testing; Time of arrival estimation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.1983.4336542

Filename

4336542