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US 9,854,660 B2Granted
Ion accelerators
AssigneeAstrium GmbH
InventorAaron Kombai Knoll
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Abstract
An ion accelerator includes: an inner magnet having a channel extending through it in an axial direction; an outer magnet extending around the inner magnet, the magnets having like polarities so as to produce a magnetic field having two locations of zero magnetic field strength. The locations are spaced apart in the axial direction; and an anode and a cathode are arranged to generate an electrical potential difference between the locations.
Claims13
An ion accelerator comprising:
- a coaxial magnetic arrangement having:
- an inner magnet having a channel extending through the inner magnet in an axial direction;
- and
- an outer magnet extending around the inner magnet,
- the inner magnet and the outer magnet having like polarities so that the coaxial magnetic arrangement produces a magnetic field having two locations of zero magnetic field strength, the two locations being spaced apart in the axial direction;
- and an anode and a cathode arranged to generate an electrical potential difference between the two locations,
- wherein one location of the two locations of zero magnetic field strength is a point surrounded by a region of non-zero magnetic field along a central axis of the channel.
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