Development of the hermes III accelerator as a short-pulse radiation source

Author

Bruner, N. ; Welch, D.R. ; Harper-Slaboszewicz, V. ; Oliver, B.V.

Author_Institution

Voss Sci., LLC, Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

20-24 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. The HERMES III accelerator at Sandia National Laboratories generates a 19-MV, 700-kA electron beam which is being developed as a short pulse bremsstrahlung radiation source. A gas-filled drift cell has been employed previously to efficiently transport and temporally control the electron beam. This concept is being revisited in order to generate a radiation pulse with a rise-time and width that is significantly reduced from the injected electron beam. Progress in the diode and gas cell development are presented.

Keywords

plasma sources; plasma transport processes; HERMES III accelerator; current 700 kA; electron beam control; electron beam generation; electron beam injection; gas-filled drift cell; radiation pulse generation; short pulse bremsstrahlung radiation source; voltage 19 MV; Acceleration; Diodes; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Laboratories; Nitrogen; Plasma simulation; Pulse generation; Space vector pulse width modulation; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2010 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5474-7

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2010.5534250

Filename

5534250