EPAC08 - List of Authors (McCuistian, B. T.)

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McCuistian, B. T.

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TUPC066	Temporal Spot Size Evolution of the DARHT First Axis Radiographic Source	1206
	B. T. McCuistian, D. C. Moir, E. A. Rose LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico H. Bender, C. Carlson, C. G. Hollabaugh, R. Trainham NSTec, Los Alamos, New Mexico
	DARHT is the Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The radiographic spot size is a critical parameter in the performance of the facility to produce quality radiographs. Time resolved images of the radiographic spot of the First Axis of the DARHT facility have been acquired and correlated with the radiation pulse. Analysis of these time resolved images illustrates the effect of beam target interaction on the temporal evolution of the spot size. An explanation of the experimental setup and analysis of the data will be presented.
TUOBG03	Electron Beam Dynamics in the Long-pulse, High-current DARHT-II Linear Induction Accelerator	968
	C. Ekdahl, E. O. Abeyta, P. Aragon, R. D. Archuleta, G. V. Cook, D. Dalmas, K. Esquibel, R. J. Gallegos, R. W. Garnett, J. F. Harrison, E. B. Jacquez, J. Johnson, B. T. McCuistian, N. Montoya, S. Nath, K. Nielsen, D. Oro, L. J. Rowton, M. Sanchez, R. D. Scarpetti, M. Schauer, G. J. Seitz, H. V. Smith, R. Temple LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico H. Bender, W. Broste, C. Carlson, D. Frayer, D. Johnson, C.-Y. Tom, C. P. Trainham, J. T. Williams NSTec, Los Alamos, New Mexico T. C. Genoni, T. P. Hughes, C. H. Thoma Voss Scientific, Albuquerque, New Mexico B. A. Prichard, M. E. Schulze SAIC, Los Alamos, New Mexico
	We are now operating the full-scale DARHT-II linear induction accelerator (LIA) at its rated energy, accelerating 2-kA electron beams to more than 17 MeV. The injector produces a beam pulse with a full-width at half maximum (FWHM) greater than 2.5 microseconds, and a ~0.5 microsecond rise time. This long risetime is deliberately scraped off in a special beam-head cleanup zone (BCUZ) before entering the 68-cell main accelerator. The accelerated electron beam pulse has a flat-top region where the final electron kinetic energy varies by less than 1% for more than 1.5 microseconds. We will discuss the tuning of the injector, BCUZ, and accelerator; and we will present data for the resulting beam transport and dynamics. We will also present beam stability data, which we will relate to previous stability experiments at lower current and energy. Carl Ekdahl et al. "Long-pulse beam stability experiments on the DARHT-II linear induction accelerator," IEEE Trans. Plasma. Sci. Vol. 34, 2006, pp. 460-466.
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