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TY - CONF AU - Kutsaev, S.V. AU - Agustsson, R.B. AU - Arodzero, A. AU - Berry, R.D.B. AU - Boucher, S. AU - Chen, Y.C. AU - Hartzell, J.J. AU - Jacobson, B.T. AU - Laurich, A. AU - Murokh, A.Y. AU - Savin, E.A. AU - Smirnov, A.Yu. AU - Verma, A. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Power, Maria ED - Shiltsev, Vladimir ED - White, Marion TI - Design, Simulations and Experimental Demonstration of an Intra-Pulse Ramped-Energy Travelling Wave Linac for Cargo Inspection J2 - Proc. of NAPAC2016, Chicago, IL, USA, October 9-14, 2016 C1 - Chicago, IL, USA T2 - North American Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 3 LA - english AB - Novel radiographic imaging techniques [1] based on adaptive, intra-pulse ramped-energy short X-ray packets of pulses, a new type of fast X-ray detectors, and advanced image processing are currently some of the most promising methods for real-time cargo inspection systems. RadiaBeam Technologies is currently building the high-speed Adaptive Railroad Cargo Inspection System (ARCIS), which will enable better than 5 mm line pair resolution, penetration greater than 450 mm of steel equivalent, material discrimination over the range of 6 mm to 250 mm, 100% image sampling rate at speed 45 km/h, and minimal average dose. One of the core elements of ARCIS is a new S-band travelling wave linac with a wide range of energy control that allows energy ramping from 2 to 9 MeV within a single 16 μs RF pulse using the beam loading effect. In this paper, we will discuss the linac design approach and its principal components, as well as engineering and manufacturing aspects. The results of the experimental demonstration of intra-pulse energy ramping will be presented. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 421 EP - 424 KW - ion KW - linac KW - simulation KW - electron KW - beam-loading DA - 2017/01 PY - 2017 SN - 978-3-95450-180-9 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2016-TUPOA68 UR - https://jacow.org/napac2016/papers/tupoa68.pdf ER -