The research into advanced acceleration concepts for electron linear accelerators being pursued at SLAC is reviewed. This research includes experiments in laser acceleration, plasma wakefield acceleration, and mmwavelength RF driven accelerators.

When the authors first proposed an accelerator-driven reactor, the concept was opposed by physicists who had earlier used the accelerator for their physics experiments. This opposition arose because they had nuisance experiences in that the accelerator wa...

The Accelerator Performance Demonstration Facility is the front-end prototype of a CW accelerator useful for accelerator-driven technologies. Its purpose is for evaluating the reliability, availability, and maintainability of a high-current and high-power...

... Accession Number : ADA057287. Title : A Laser-Driven Pellet Accelerator for CTR Fuel Injection. Descriptive Note : Master's thesis,. ...

Laser-driven acceleration holds great promise for significantly improving accelerating gradient. However, scaling the conventional process of structure-based acceleration in vacuum down to opticalerent kind of structure. We require an optical waveguide th...

Plasma accelerators may be driven by the ponderomotive force of an intense laser or the space-charge force of a charged particle beam. The implications for accelerator design and the different physical mechanisms of laser-driven and beam-driven plasma acceleration are ...

Theoretical investigations of plasma-based accelerators and other advanced accelerator concepts. The focus of the work was on the development of plasma based and structure based accelerating concepts, including laser-plasma, plasma channel, and microwave driven plasma accelerators.

... Descriptors : *CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS, LASER APPLICATIONS, RAMAN SCATTERING, ELECTRON ACCELERATORS, LINEAR ...

... Pseudoresonant Laser Wakefield Acceleration ... these mechanisms have practical limits to the max - imum length of the acceleration regions. ...

A reply to the comment on unlimited electrons acceleration in laser-driven plasma waves is presented.

The heliocentrifugal motion of coronal loop transients is likely driven largely by the buoyant force

When the authors first proposed an accelerator-driven reactor, the concept was opposed by physicists who had earlier used the accelerator for their physics experiments. This opposition arose because they had nuisance experiences in that the accelerator was not reliable, and very often disrupted their work as the ...

The acceleration efficiency of a laser driven linear accelerator is analyzed. The laser power, loss factor and impedances determine the maximum charge that can be accelerated and the efficiency of that acceleration. The accelerator structure can be incorporated into a laser ...

The concept of a subcritical system driven by an external source of neutrons provided by an accelerator ADS (Accelerator Driver System) has been recently revived and is becoming more popular in the world technical community with active programs in Europe,...

This project will analyze and design a novel oblique-detonation-wave (ODW), ram- accelerator-driven propulsion concept for the acceleration of tube-launched ...

This paper discusses the acceleration of charged particles by electromagnetic fields, i.e., by fields that are produced by the motion of other charged particles driven by some power source. The mechanisms that are discussed include: Ponderamotive Forces, Acceleration, Plasma Beat Wave Acceleration, Inverse Free ...

Recent development work conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory on technologies which use particle accelerator-driven targets is summarized. These efforts include development of the Spallation-Induced Lithium Conversion (SILC) Target for the Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT), the Accelerator-Driven Assembly for Plutonium ...

Recent development work conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory on technologies which use particle accelerator-driven targets is summarized. These efforts include development of the Spallation-Induced Lithium Conversion (SILC) Target for the Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT), the Accelerator-Driven Assembly for Plutonium ...

Simulations are presented for a laser-driven cyclotron autoresonance accelerator with a practical guide magnetic field, as produced by a single coil. Effects that are investigated include acceleration in the non-resonant magnetic field profile, reduced acceleration due to misalignment between the magnetic field ...

Several accelerator designs are discussed in search for a greater than 1 TeV electron accelerator. The types considered are linear accelerators, the inverse Cerenkov accelerators, the wiggler (inverse free electron laser), plasma accelerators, and the grating accelerator. A ...

The US is developing the physics and technology of induction accelerators for heavy-ion beam-driven inertial fusion. The recirculating induction accelerator repeatedly passes beams through the same set of accelerating and focusing elements, thereby reduci...

Several laser plasma accelerator schemes are reviewed, with emphasis on the Plasma Beat Wave Accelerator (PBWA). Theory indicates that a very high acceleration gradient, of order 1 GeV/m, can exist in the plasma wave driven by the beating lasers. Experime...

A novel computer code is being developed to generate system level designs of radiofrequency ion accelerators with specific applications to machines of interest to Accelerator Driven Transmutation Technologies (ADTT). The goal of the Accelerator System Mod...

The characteristics of ablation plasma from planar targets, driven by long Nd:glass laser pulses (4 nsec,

The characteristics of ablation plasma from planar targets, driven by long Nd:glass laser pulses (4 nsec,

motor-driven flywheels that are accelerated to apply continuously controllable torques to a spacecraft by means ... sired spacecraft control system response time. ...

Both self-acceleration and laser-acoustic acceleration in crystals are considered. The conduction electrons in the crystal are treated as a plasma and are the medium through which the acceleration takes place. Self-acceleration is the possible acceleration of part of a bunch due to plasma ...

Accelerator reliability corresponding to a very low frequency of beam interrupts is an important new accelerator requirement for accelerator-driven subcritical reactor systems. In this paper we review typical accelerator-reliability requirements and discuss possible methods for meeting these goals with ...

Recent advances in laser-ion acceleration have motivated research towards laser-driven compact accelerators for medical therapy. Realizing laser-ion acceleration for medical therapy will require adapting the medical requirements to the foreseeable laser constraints, as well as advances in ...

The Accelerator Performance Demonstration Facility is the front-end prototype of a CW accelerator useful for accelerator-driven technologies. Its purpose to evaluate the reliability, availability, and maintainability of a high-current and high-power machine. This paper describes the design and technology development of the facility.

The Accelerator Performance Demonstration Facility is the front-end prototype of a CW accelerator useful for accelerator-driven technologies. Its purpose is for evaluating the reliability, availability, and maintainability of a high-current and high-power machine. In this paper, design and technology development of the facility will be ...

We describe the power production process in Accelerator Driven Sub-critical systems employing Thorium-232 and Uranium-238 as fuel and examine the demands on the power of the accelerator required.

We describe the power production process in Accelerator Driven Sub-critical systems employing Thorium-232 and Uranium-238 as fuel and examine the demands on the power of the accelerator required.

This paper discusses the acceleration of charged particles by electromagnetic fields, i.e., by fields that are produced by the motion of other charged particles driven by some power source. The mechanisms that are discussed include: Ponderamotive Forces, ...

... Title : Analysis of a Rail Gun Plasma Accelerator. ... Abstract : A model is developed to study the characteristics of an arc-driven rail gun. ...

Energy measurement in coaxial plasma accelerator determining current, voltage on gun and at open end

This study has been focused on an Accelerator-Driven Energy Amplifier, based on the concept proposed by the CERN-group. To analyze the performance of this system the extensive optimization of the core lattice was done, the temperature coefficients of reactivity were investigated, reactivity budget and power distribution were estimated.

Recent development work conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory on technologies which use particle accelerator-driven targets is summarized. These efforts include development of the Spallation-Induced Lithium Conversion (SILC) Target for the Accelerat...

In November 1996, SKB started financing of the project 'System and safety studies of accelerator driven transmutation systems and development of a spallation target'. The aim of the project was stated as: (1) Development of a complete code for simulation ...

Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Technology, or ADT(sup 2), is a collection of programs that share a common theme - they each have at their heart an intense source of neutrons generated by a high-energy proton beam striking a heavy metal target. The beam ...

There is renewed interest in using accelerator driven neutron sources to address the problem of high-level long-lived nuclear waste. Several laboratories have developed systems that may have a significant impact on the future use of nuclear power, adding ...

A new concept for an accelerator-driven transmutation system is described. The central feature of the concept is generation of intense fluxes of thermal neutrons. In the system all long-lived radionuclides comprising high-level nuclear waste can be transm...

The objective of this project has been to develop computational methods that will enable more effective analysis of Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS). The work is centered at the University of Missouri at Rolla, with a subcontract at Northwestern Universit...

We discuss the potential for using microfabrication techniques for laser-driven accelerator construction. We introduce microfabrication processes in general, and then describe our investigation of a particular trial process. We conclude by considering the issues microfabrication raises for possible future structures.

We present an investigation of a class of particle accelerators driven by the mechanical implosion of an electrically conducting cylindrical liner onto a ring of charged particles embedded in an axial magnetic field. We have performed a number of two-dime...

Theoretical and experimental studies have been performed on laser-driven particle accelerators. The theoretical work primarily consisted of detailed analysis and computer simulation of the stimulated Cherenkov interaction. Additional analysis was also don...

Kinetic calculations were made to show that subcritical accelerator driven devices are robust and stable. The calculations show that large changes in reactivity that would lead to an uncontrollable excursion in a reactor would lead only to a new power lev...

The purpose of this paper is to compare the safety characteristics of an accelerator driven metal fueled fast system to a critical core on a consistent basis to determine how these characteristics are affected solely by subcritically of the system. To acc...

A sudden drop in power after a beam interruption leads to thermal fatigue effects in structural components in the blanket of an accelerator driven system. These thermal fatigue effects limit component lifetimes. A sudden return to power after a beam inter...

Fissile fuel can be produced at a high rate using an accelerator-driven Pu-fueled subcritical fast reactor which avoids encountering a shortage of Pu during a high growth rate in the production of nuclear energy. Furthermore, the necessity of the early in...

The report includes 31 individual contributions by experts from six countries and two international organizations in different areas of the accelerator driven transmutation technology intended to be applied for the treatment of highly radioactive waste an...

The problems of creating solid antimatter are listed and examined. Laser driven accelerators may reduce the technological and financial magnitude of the task.

... results indicate that the perturbation level at the beginning of the ... reach the front and rear free surfaces, they are ... front surface of the target and at the ...

This paper identifies the basic safety functions in nuclear reactor design, and the safety design issues for accelerator-driven subcritical reactors.

complexity. � Increased cognitive workload. Our approach to high performance visualization is to focus

threshold energy than parallel shocks? " How low in the corona can. CME-driven shocks form and accelerate particles? to what energies? ...

Jan 25, 1999 ... determine the source mechanisms for plasma acceleration in the topside ... Exchange Dynamics Study (FEDS.98), was driven by two factors. ...

... LASER BEAMS, *NUCLEAR FUSION, ABLATION, PLASMAS ... LASERS, MOMENTUM TRANSFER, PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS, FOILS(MATERIALS ...

This is the Final Report on the research and development of high brightness pulse laser driven thermionic electron sources. Enhanced coupling of electron beam energies to radiative fields in accelerator-driven free-electron lasers requires injector cathod...

The blanket of accelerator-driven facility designed for I-129 transmutation doesn't contain fissile and fertile materials. So the overheating of iodine compounds transmuted is practically excluded. The efficacy of I-129 transmutation is estimated. Curium being accumulated in nuclear reactors can be incinerated in blanket of accelerator-driven ...

Accelerator-driven systems for fissile materials production have been proposed and studied since the early 1950s. Recent advances in beam power levels for small accelerators have raised the possibility that such use could be feasible for a potential proliferator. The objective of this study is to review the state of technology development for ...

We present an overview of the future laser-driven particle acceleration experiments. These will be carried out at the E163 facility at SLAC. Our objectives include a reconfirmation of the proof-of-principle experiment, a staged buncher laser-accelerator experiment, and longer-term future experiments that employ dielectric ...

All Accelerator-Driven Transmutation applications require very large amounts of RF Power. For example, one version of a Plutonium burning system requires an 800-MeV, 80-mA, proton accelerator running at 100% duty factor. This accelerator requires approxim...

A novel advanced accelerator is proposed. The counterstreaming electron beam accelerator relies on the same physical mechanism as that of the plasma accelerator but replaces the stationary plasma in the plasma accelerator by a magnetized relativistic electron beam, drifting antiparallel to the driving source and ...

A double-target technique is used to measure the uniformity with which laser irradiated thin foil targets are ablatively accelerated. Studies of the effects of laser nonuniformities on the target acceleration reveal an increase in smoothing (symmetrizatio...

Accelerator-driven transmutation offers attractive new solutions to complex nuclear problems. This paper outlines the basics of the technology, summarizes the key application areas, and discusses designs of and performance issues for the high-power proton accelerators that are required.

An accelerator-driven subcritical nuclear system is briefly described that transmutes actinides and selected long-lived fission products. An application of this accelerator transmutation of nuclear waste (ATW) concept to spent fuel from a commercial nucle...

An accelerator-driven spallation neutron-source target/blanket system has been developed for the production of tritium. The system employs a proton linear accelerator, and a lead neutron-producing target, surrounded by tritium-producing blankets based on ...

An experimental program was conducted at the Lewis Research Center with the objective of investigating the technical feasibility of rail accelerators for propulsion applications. Single-stage, plasma driven rail accelerators of small (4 by 6 mm) and mediu...

Accelerator-driven systems for fissile materials production have been proposed and studied since the early 1950s. Recent advances in beam power levels for small accelerators have raised the possibility that such use could be feasible for a potential proli...

Contents: A Free Electron Laser Driven by a Long Pulse Induction Linac; Special Focus Program Advanced Accelerator Modified Betatron Design REview Coil DEsign; External Injection into a High Current Modified Betatron Accelerator; Electron Drift in a Linea...

The Los Alamos Accelerator Transmutation of Nuclear Waste (ATW) concept uses an accelerator driven neutron source (target) surrounded by a moderator and multiplying medium (blanket) for the transmutation of actinide and fission product waste. The referenc...

The following possibilities are discussed: inverse free electron laser (wiggler accelerator); inverse Cerenkov effect; plasma accelerator; dielectric tube; and grating linac. Of these, the grating acceleraton is considered the most attractive alternative. (GHT)

We present a series of laser-driven particle acceleration experiments that are aimed at studying laser-particle acceleration as an inverse-radiation process. To this end we employ a semi-open vacuum setup with a thin planar boundary that interacts with th...

In the past, linear accelerators at frequencies below 3 GHz have been driven by klystrons or gridded tubes, with most of the small electron accelerators using conventional magnetrons. During the past few years, there have been several new rf amplifier dev...

Hardware acceleration exploits the parallelism inherent in large circuit simulations to achieve significant increases in performance. Simulation accelerators have been developed based on the compiled code algorithm or the event-driven algorithm. The great...

Four years after the initial proposal of the Plasma Wake-field Accelerator (PWFA), it continues to be the object of much investigation, due to the promise of the ultra-high accelerating gradients that can exist in relativistic plasma waves driven in the w...

Various advanced accelerator concepts invoke lasers for the generation of very-high-gradient accelerating fields. We introduce the subject and review the application of picosecond CO/sub 2/ lasers to one such scheme: laser-driven open microstructures.

This report discusses the suitability of four novel particle acceleration technologies for multi-TeV particle physics machines: laser driven linear accelerators (linac), plasma beat-wave devices, plasma wakefield devices, and switched power and cavity wak...

Particle accelerators require precise phase control of the electric field through the entire accelerator structure. Thus a future laser driven particle accelerator will require optical synchronism between the high-peak power laser sources that power the accelerator. The precise laser ...

The accelerating gradient in a laser-driven dielectric accelerating structure is often limited by the laser damage threshold of the structure. For a given laser-driven dielectric accelerator design, we can maximize the accelerating gradient by choosing the best combination ...

Fissile fuel can be produced at a high rate using an accelerator driven Pu fueled fast reactor operated at deep subcriticality; this approach avoids encountering a shortage of Pu during a high rate of growth in the production of nuclear energy. Slightly reducing the acceleration field minimizes the tripping of the beam and the ...

We report on the acceleration of impurity-free quasimononenergetic proton beams from an initially gaseous hydrogen target driven by an intense infrared (?=10 ?m) laser. The front surface of the target was observed by optical probing to be driven forward by the radiation pressure of the laser. A proton beam of ?MeV energy was ...

A unified framework based on solid-state open waveguides is developed to overcome all three major limitations on acceleration distance and hence on the feasibility of two classes of laser acceleration. The three limitations are due to laser diffraction, acceleration phase slippage, and damage of waveguide structure by high power laser. ...

A unified framework is developed to overcome all three major limitations on acceleration and distance and hence on the feasibility of two classes of laser acceleration. The three limitations are due to laser diffraction, acceleration phase slippage, and structure damage by high power laser if solid-state optical waveguide is used. The ...

Several laser plasma accelerator schemes are reviewed, with emphasis on the Plasma Beat Wave Accelerator (PBWA). Theory indicates that a very high acceleration gradient, of order 1 GeV/m, can exist in the plasma wave driven by the beating lasers. Experimental results obtained on the PBWA experiment at UCLA confirms ...

Sifnificant high-current, high-intensity accelerator research and development have been done in the recent past in the US, centered primarily at Los Alamos National Laboratory. These efforts have included designs for the Accelerator Production of Tritium Project, Accelerator Transmutation of Waste, and Accelerator ...

High intensity proton accelerators have two important applications in China in recent years: Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System for nuclear waste transmutation and China Spallation Neutron Source. This paper focuses on the R&D activities of the key technology of high intensity proton accelerators in China, ...

We show numerical experiments of driven billiards using special relativity. We have the remarkable fact that for the relativistic driven circular and annular concentric billiards, depending on initial conditions and parameters, we observe Fermi Acceleration, absent in the Newtonian case. The velocity for these cases tends to the speed ...

We present an investigation of a class of particle accelerators driven by the mechanical implosion of an electrically conducting cylindrical liner onto a ring of charged particles embedded in an axial magnetic field. We have performed a number of two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of such electron ring accelerators in both ...

We discuss simulated photonic crystal structure designs for laser-driven particle acceleration, focusing on three-dimensional planar structures based on the so-called ''woodpile'' lattice. We describe guiding of a speed-of-light accelerating mode by a def...

A demonstration facility for Accelerator Driven Systems has been proposed to be constructed at the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna. The Subcritical Assembly in Dubna project proposes to couple an existing proton accelerator of 660 MeV and 1 ?A current with a specially designed U-Pu MOX subcritical core. Project objectives, ...

A new concept for a power breeder reactor that consists of an accelerator-driven subcritical thermal fission system is proposed. In this system an accelerator provides a high-energy proton beam which interacts with a heavy-element target to produce, via s...

Fissile fuel can be produced at a high rate using an accelerator-driven Pu-fueled subcritical fast reactor. Thus, the necessity of early introduction of the fast reactor can be moderated. High reliability of the proton accelerator, which is essential to i...

and well studied Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities which involve acceleration driven acceleration driven instabilities (Rayleigh-Taylor for continuous acceleration and Richtmyer) to obtain these results. Commonly, Rayleigh-Taylor mixing simulations show a factor of two or more

Linear accelerators driven by pulse forming networks and utilizing beam neutralization may be useful for obtaining high-current ion beams for inertial fusion applications. Such accelerators may be subject to longitudinal velocity bunching instabilities. These instabilities are studied with a computer simulation of longitudinal ion ...

Recent successes in laser-ion acceleration have motivated research towards laser-driven compact accelerators for medical therapy. Realizing laser-ion acceleration for medical therapy will require adapting both the laser-ion acceleration to the medical requirements, as well as the treatment ...

The possibility of enhancing the energy gain in laser-driven accelerators by using Bessel laser beams is examined. Scaling laws are derived for the propagation length, acceleration gradient, and energy gain in various accelerators for both Gaussian and Bessel beam drivers. For equal beam powers, the energy gain can ...

Hardware acceleration exploits the parallelism inherent in large circuit simulations to achieve significant increases in performance. Simulation accelerators have been developed based on the compiled code algorithm or the event-driven algorithm. The greater flexibility of the event-driven algorithm has resulted in ...

Fissile fuel can be produced at a high rate using an accelerator-driven Pu-fueled subcritical fast reactor. Thus, the necessity of early introduction of the fast reactor can be moderated. High reliability of the proton accelerator, which is essential to implementing an accelerator-driven reactor in the nuclear energy field can be ...

The transverse beam dynamics in plasma channels of possible future plasma-based linacs is discussed. The authors represent the transverse focusing of both a beam-driven and a laser-driven plasma wakefield accelerator by a uniform focusing channel. The tra...

Growth rates of Rayleigh-Taylor modes, particularly those of long wavelength, are reduced at fluid interfaces in inhomogeneous laser-driven targets by the density gradients occurring naturally as a result of the acceleration. Growth rates can be reduced f...

The basic idea that motivated this research effort is the prospect that a series of time z-pinch plasma implosions could be used to sequentially propel a projectile to high velocities. Such a process would provide a new type of electrically driven gun wit...

We reconsider the idea of a solid-state laser-driven linac in view of the latest development in the creation of super-intense subpicosecond laser pulses and studying their interaction with surfaces. We suggest that by guiding such pulses in a disposable m...

The Space Power Institute at Auburn University has constructed an electromagnetically driven particle accelerator for simulating the effects of space debris on the materials for use in advanced spacecraft. The facility consists of a capacitively driven ac...

... Accession Number : ADA209740. Title : High-Power Free-Electron Lasers Driven by RF Linear Accelerators. Descriptive Note : Memorandum rept. ...

This thesis examines the validity of using the energy technique on propeller-driven aircraft during a climb analysis. It compares an accepted subsonic aircraft climb analysis method (pure potential energy increase) with an acceleration analysis procedure ...

The development of accelerator-driven systems involving the production of spallation neutrons will require extensive materials data on the response of structural components to the effects of the mixed charged particle and neutron fluxes. Failure to anticipate the potentially strong influence of radiation on material`s performance will most certainly lead to difficulty in ...

Towards our final goal, such as to establish the laser-driven proton accelerator for the medical application, one of the most important things to establish is to develop the proton transport system. In this continuous work, we demonstrate the focusing system of the laser-driven proton beam with permanent magnet qadrupoles (PMQs), with ...

Understanding the dynamics of laser-produced plasma is essentially important for increasing available thrust force in a gas-driven laser propulsion system such as laser-driven in-tube accelerator. A computer code is developed to explore the formation of expanding nonequilibrium plasma produced by laser irradiation. Various properties ...

This paper presents a brief summary of the objectives of transmutation mission and relevant fuel cycle strategies and transmutation systems, including a short comparison of the main characteristics of fast reactor and accelerator-driven systems for actinide transmutation.

... modifications to the HAWK accelerator, data acquisition ... The addition of nine pulsed magnets and ... of a differential pumping system, fast valve, and ...

The instability of the line-driven winds of hot stars leads to the formation of strong shocks. These

Marchenko, V. and M. K. Hudson, Beam-driven ion acoustic solitary waves in the auroral acceleration region, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 19791, 1995. Matsumoto ...

... and analyse experiments on small calibre rail-gun launchers. (Author). Descriptors : *Plasma accelerators, *Electric guns, Computerized simulation ...

Macro-particle acceleration driven by low current, high voltage cathode spots has been investigated.

A common view is that the current global warming rate will continue or accelerate . But we argue that rapid warming in recent decades has been driven mainly by ...

An outline is presented of the status of nuclear data evaluation for accelerator-driven systems. The international effort consists mainly of measuring, compiling and calculating nuclear data for elements and isotopes relevant for transmutation of radioact...

... twice as fast as could be accomplished by coupling to either end. ... identical accelerator cells are driven in parallel by a pulsed power drive ...

The formulation of sloshing dynamics for partially filled liquid of cryogenic superfluid helium 2 in

reserves in 2009 and 2010, in conjunction with the effect of two ... reserves has driven numerous items in the current technical baseline to not be fully ...

The problem of nuclear safety and reliability of power installation based on accelerator-driver. The maximum reliability of electronuclear power installation may be reached by designing it as sum of several subcritical multiplying assemblies each driven by individual accelerator. Every cell is insulated from neutron fluxes of other ...

... The simulation can l- used to determine the effect of design changes made to the escapemeit , trali, and acceleration driven rotor. ...

Marchenko, V. and M. K. Hudson, Beam-driven ion acoustic solitary waves in the auroral acceleration region, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 19791, 1995. ...

... much more rapid than expected if driven by random chance alone (Markov 2000). Notably, the growth of L is accelerated ... ...

Earlier model studies of solar wind driven by thermal pressure and Alfven waves have shown that wave

... of the solenoid the laser ports were placed at 60 degrees from the beam axis in order to clear the edge of the solenoid. Page 64. -,..- ...

which requires intense, short pulse electron beams. Examples include wakefield acceleration, generation of high power cm wavelength rf, and beam-driven plasma-based...

The beam entry window and container for a liquid lead spallation target will be exposed to high fluxes of protons and neutrons that are both higher in magnitude and energy than have been experienced in proton accelerators and fission reactors, as well as ...

This paper expands on a few important details of the Wakeatron concept. This is a device where electrons can be accelerated by the wake field of short intense proton bunches travelling along the axis of an rf structure. Specifically, we have examined the ...

Measurements of the mechanical impedance of the supine human body were conducted to investigate the nonlinearities of the body system. A hydraulically driven shake table was installed on a centrifuge. Transmitted force and the acceleration of the platform...

The Linear Accelerator Laboratory contributions to the first European Particle Accelerator Conference, are presented. A new method on the field of high brightness laser driven electron sources, is described. The experimental results, involving high emissi...

The accelerator-driven breeder can extend an essential energy resource, fissile fuel for nuclear reactors, by a very large factor. Symbiotic breeders could be brought on line in a shorter period of time with favorable performance predictability. The econo...