Author: Beasley, P.
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WEP207 Progress Towards A Novel Compact High Voltage Electrostatic Accelerator 1876
 
  • P. Beasley, O. Heid
    Siemens AG, Healthcare Technology and Concepts, Erlangen, Germany
 
  A proof-of-principle demonstrator system has been successfully built and tested. It is based on a Cockcroft-Walton (or Greinacher) cascade but has been developed using a different design philosophy and using modern materials. This can then enable this compact accelerator configuration to operate at much higher voltage gradients. This paper explores the progress made to-date and future plans to utilize the technology to develop one such concept for an energy efficient 10 MV, 100 microamp, tandem proton accelerator, with less than a 2 square meter footprint .