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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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Operation of a 1.3 GHz, 10 MW Multiple Beam Klystron
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- H.P. Bohlen, A. Balkcum, M. Cattelino, L. Cox, M. Cusick, S. Forrest, F. Friedlander, A. Staprans, E. Wright, L. Zitelli
CPI, Palo Alto
- K. Eppley
SAIC, Boston
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Results will be reported for a 1.3 GHz, 10 MW multiple beam klystron that is being developed for the TESLA linear accelerator facility. The design parameters for the device are 10 MW peak RF output power with 150 kW average power, 1.5 ms pulse length, 65% efficiency, 50 dB gain, and 2.0 A/cm2 maximum cathode loading. Initial testing of the device has validated the basic design approach. Six 120 kV electron beams of measurably identical currents of 22.9 A each have been successfully propagated through the klystron circuit with 99.5% DC beam transmission at full operating video duty and with 98.5% saturated RF transmission. A peak power of 10 MW at 1.3 GHz with 60% efficiency and 49 dB of gain has been measured.
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