RF particle accelerator structure with fundamental power couplers for ampere class beam current
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorArthur M. Vetter
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Abstract
A radio frequency particle accelerator structure and particle acceleration method are disclosed. Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from a fundamental power coupler coupled between a first electromagnetic resonant cavity sequentially coupled a second electromagnetic resonant cavity. The radio frequency electromagnetic energy is resonated in the first electromagnetic resonant cavity and the second electromagnetic resonant cavity.
Claims20
A radio frequency particle accelerator structure, comprising:
- a first electromagnetic resonant cavity operable to drive a particle beam by resonating an electromagnetic mode, wherein the first electromagnetic resonant cavity has a first end and a second end;
- a second electromagnetic resonant cavity sequentially coupled to the first electromagnetic resonant cavity, and operable to drive the particle beam by resonating the electromagnetic mode, wherein the second electromagnetic resonant cavity has a first end and a second end;
- a beam pipe directly connecting the second end of the first electromagnetic resonant cavity and the first end of the second electromagnetic cavity;
- a first fundamental power coupler directly coupled to the first end of the first electromagnetic resonant cavity and operable to emit radio frequency electromagnetic energy into the first end of the first electromagnetic resonant cavity;
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- a second fundamental power coupler located in the beam pipe and operable to emit radio frequency electromagnetic energy into the second end of the first electromagnetic resonant cavity and the first end of the second electromagnetic resonant cavity.
A particle acceleration method, the method comprising:
- emitting radio frequency electromagnetic energy from a first fundamental power coupler directly coupled to a first end of a first electromagnetic resonant cavity;
- emitting radio frequency electromagnetic energy from a second fundamental power coupler located in a beam pipe directly connecting a second end of the first electromagnetic resonant cavity to a first end of a second electromagnetic resonant cavity;
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- resonating the radio frequency electromagnetic energy in the first electromagnetic resonant cavity and the second electromagnetic resonant cavity.
A method for providing a radio frequency particle accelerator structure, the method comprising:
- providing a first electromagnetic resonant cavity operable to drive a particle beam by resonating an electromagnetic mode, wherein the first electromagnetic resonant cavity has a first end and a second end;
- providing a second electromagnetic resonant cavity sequentially coupled to the first electromagnetic resonant cavity, and operable to drive the particle beam by resonating the electromagnetic mode, wherein the second electromagnetic cavity has a first end and a second end;
- providing a beam pipe directly connecting the second end of the first electromagnetic resonant cavity to the first end of the second electromagnetic resonant cavity;
- configuring a first fundamental power coupler directly coupled to the first end of the first electromagnetic resonant cavity to emit radio frequency electromagnetic energy into the first end of the first electromagnetic resonant cavity;
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- configuring a second fundamental power coupler located within the beam pipe to emit radio frequency electromagnetic energy into the second end of the first electromagnetic resonant cavity and the first end of the second electromagnetic resonant cavity.
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