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Study of low impedance intense electron-beam accelerator based on magnetic core Tesla transformer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2012

J-L. Liu
Affiliation:
College of Opto-electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples Republic of China
H-B. Zhang*
Affiliation:
College of Opto-electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples Republic of China
Y-W. Fan
Affiliation:
College of Opto-electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples Republic of China
Z-Q. Hong
Affiliation:
College of Opto-electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples Republic of China
J-H. Feng
Affiliation:
College of Opto-electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples Republic of China
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Hong-Bo Zhang, College of Photoelectical Engineering and Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Peoples Republic of China. E-mail: walkman67@163.com

Abstract

An intense electron-beam accelerator, which consists of a primary storage capacitor system, a magnetic core Tesla transformer, Blumlein pulse forming line of water dielectric, and a field-emission diode, are constructed and described. The experimental results show that the output voltage of transformer is more than 740 kV, the rise time is about 5 µs, the diode voltage is about 596 kV, electron beam current is about 60 kA, the duration is about 100 ns, and the power is 36 GW when charging voltage is 40 kV. It was suitable to drive magnetically insulated transmission line oscillator. And it can be also used in materials surface modification. This accelerator is very compact and works stably and reliably.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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