Accession Number:

ADA076200

Title:

Generation of High Energy-High Current Ion Pulses by Magnetic Compression of Ion Rings.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Kapetanakos,C. A.

Report Date:

1979-10-24

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

A scheme is proposed for the generation of intense, high energy ion pulses by magnetic compression of ion rings. After compression the ring is extracted through a half magnetic cusp that transforms an appreciable fraction of the rings rotational energy to translational energy. Using the Vlasov-Maxwell approach, it has been shown the existence of equilibrium of a hollow, rotating beam in the absence of an external magnetic field and a conducting guide tube. Therefore, the proposed scheme appears to be in particular useful for those applications that require a large separation between the accelerator and the target. Author

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRON ENERGY
• *MOLECULAR ENERGY LEVELS
• *ION ACCELERATORS
• *ELECTRON ACCELERATORS
• COMPRESSION
• PULSES
• MOLECULAR ROTATION
• TRANSFORMATIONS
• MAGNETIC MOMENTS

Subject Categories:

• Electricity and Magnetism
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy
• Particle Accelerators
• Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE