Beam transport and characterization on AIRIX prototype at CESTA

Author

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

Author_Institution

CESTA, CEA, Le Barp, France

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

1257

Abstract

Designed to produce an X-ray dose of 500 rads @ 1m, AIRIX flash X-ray Radiographic facility will consist of 4 MeV/3.5 kA pulsed electron injector and 16 MeV induction accelerator powered by 32 H.V. generators. Construction of PIVAIR accelerator (8 MeV AIRIX prototype) is now ended at CESTA. The injector has been connected with 16 accelerating cells in order to study beam transport and centering procedures. Accurate, time resolved diagnostics have been used to measure beam characteristics and a tickler experiment has been planned to estimate BBU instabilities. In this paper all experimental data recently obtained is discussed and first conclusions for AIRIX are given

Keywords

electron accelerators; linear accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam injection; particle beam stability; 16 MeV; AIRIX prototype; BBU instabilities; beam characteristics; beam characterization; beam transport; induction accelerator; pulsed electron injector; tickler experiment; time resolved diagnostics; Acceleration; Electron accelerators; Induction generators; Particle beams; Power generation; Prototypes; Pulse generation; Radiography; Structural beams; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.749992

Filename

749992