Author :
Launspach, J. ; Anthouard, P. ; Bardy, J. ; Bonnafond, C. ; Delsart, P. ; Devin, A. ; Eyharts, P. ; Eyl, P. ; Labrouche, J. ; de Mascureau, J. ; Merle, E. ; Ployart, G. ; Roques, A. ; Letaillandier, P. ; Thevenot, M. ; Villate, D. ; Voisin, L.
Author_Institution :
Commissariat à l´Energie Atomique, Centre d´Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques d´Aquitaine, BP No2 - 33114 LE BARP - FRANCE
Abstract :
The AIRIX Induction Accelerator is currently being developed at CESTA for Flash-Radiography applications. It is similar to the apparatus designed at Los Alamos for the DARHT project. It consists in an injector built by PSI and a series of accelerating cells provided for increasing the electron energy up to 20 Me V. The injector, a classical pulsed power electron generator ( 4Me V – 3.5kA − 60 ns) described elsewhere in this conference, is now in operation. Before completing the accelerator, first experiments are being carried on at CESTA in order to achieve the PIVAIR milestone. It consists in gradually building, settling and coupling to the injector, 16 induction cells to upgrade the beam energy from 4 MeV to 8 MeV. This PIVAIR step has been designed in order to check the different technologies developed for the accelerating cells, study the problems of beam transport and focusing, and hence anticipate the whole accelerator performances with the help of numerical simulations.
