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Compact Electron-Linac Design Concept for a Gamma Ray Source
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- K. C. D. Chan, B.E. Carlsten, G. Dale, R. Garnett, C. Kirbie, F.L. Krawczyk, S.J. Russell, T.P. Wangler
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- E. Wright
CPI, Palo Alto, California
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Gamma-ray sources, particularly sources that are easily transportable, are in high demand for different homeland security applications. We have carried out a review of commercially available electron-linac-based sources, and have investigated alternative compact electron-linac systems that use updated technologies compared with sources that are available commercially. As the results, we propose to develop a new source using an electron linac operating at 17 GHz. It uses a klystron, instead of a magnetron, and a IGBT-switched HV power supply. The source design takes advantages of the advances in X-band linac technology and solid-state HV technology. The higher frequency and upgraded technologies offer smaller size, lighter weight, better efficiency, easier operation, and higher reliability, compared with commercially-available linacs. In this paper, we will describe the source design and our choice of technologies.
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