IPAC2013 - List of Authors (Hamm, R.W.)

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Industrial Accelerators

2100

R.W. Hamm, M.E. Hamm
R&M Technical Enterprises, Pleasanton, California, USA

Particle accelerators, originally developed for basic science research, are increasingly being employed for industrial applications, with the production of these systems itself a worldwide business conducted by more than 70 companies and institutes. Collectively these entities ship more than 1000 systems per year. The industrial applications of these accelerators cover a broad range of business segments from low energy electron beam systems for welding, machining, and product irradiation to high energy cyclotrons and synchrotrons for radioisotope production and synchrotron radiation production. This talk is a review of these business segments and their impact on our lives and the economy. It will also cover new accelerator technology under development that will be used by industry in the future and the predicted growth in the various business segments.

Slides WEIB201 [3.937 MB]

THOAB201

Development of the Dielectric Wall Accelerator

3115

A. Zografos, T. Brown, C. Cohen-Jonathan, C. Hettler, F. Huang, V. Joshkin, K. Leung, M. Moyers, Y.K. Parker, D. Pearson, M. Rougieri
CPAC, Livermore, CA, USA
R.W. Hamm
R&M Technical Enterprises, Pleasanton, California, USA

The Compact Particle Accelerator Corporation has developed an architecture to produce pulsed proton bunches that will be suitable for proton beam therapy. The Dielectric Wall Accelerator engineering prototype includes a RFQ injection system with a pulsed kicker to select the desired proton bunches and a linear accelerator incorporating a High Gradient Insulator with stacked transmission to produce the required voltage. The transmission lines are switched with solid state laser driven optical switches. A computational model has been developed that is in very good agreement with the experimental results. The system is presently achieving accelerating gradients of approximately 15 MeV/m. The computational model has been used to design the next generation system that will achieve 25 MeV/m by early 2013. This paper will discuss the status of the apparatus, the basic elements of the computational model, experimental results and comparison to the model predictions. In addition, the paper will present concepts for proton therapy systems that incorporate the Dielectric Wall Accelerator and fully leverage its features to achieve clinical requirements.

Slides THOAB201 [1.650 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
WEIB201	Industrial Accelerators	2100
	R.W. Hamm, M.E. Hamm R&M Technical Enterprises, Pleasanton, California, USA
	Particle accelerators, originally developed for basic science research, are increasingly being employed for industrial applications, with the production of these systems itself a worldwide business conducted by more than 70 companies and institutes. Collectively these entities ship more than 1000 systems per year. The industrial applications of these accelerators cover a broad range of business segments from low energy electron beam systems for welding, machining, and product irradiation to high energy cyclotrons and synchrotrons for radioisotope production and synchrotron radiation production. This talk is a review of these business segments and their impact on our lives and the economy. It will also cover new accelerator technology under development that will be used by industry in the future and the predicted growth in the various business segments.
	Slides WEIB201 [3.937 MB]

THOAB201	Development of the Dielectric Wall Accelerator	3115
	A. Zografos, T. Brown, C. Cohen-Jonathan, C. Hettler, F. Huang, V. Joshkin, K. Leung, M. Moyers, Y.K. Parker, D. Pearson, M. Rougieri CPAC, Livermore, CA, USA R.W. Hamm R&M Technical Enterprises, Pleasanton, California, USA
	The Compact Particle Accelerator Corporation has developed an architecture to produce pulsed proton bunches that will be suitable for proton beam therapy. The Dielectric Wall Accelerator engineering prototype includes a RFQ injection system with a pulsed kicker to select the desired proton bunches and a linear accelerator incorporating a High Gradient Insulator with stacked transmission to produce the required voltage. The transmission lines are switched with solid state laser driven optical switches. A computational model has been developed that is in very good agreement with the experimental results. The system is presently achieving accelerating gradients of approximately 15 MeV/m. The computational model has been used to design the next generation system that will achieve 25 MeV/m by early 2013. This paper will discuss the status of the apparatus, the basic elements of the computational model, experimental results and comparison to the model predictions. In addition, the paper will present concepts for proton therapy systems that incorporate the Dielectric Wall Accelerator and fully leverage its features to achieve clinical requirements.
	Slides THOAB201 [1.650 MB]