Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams (Mar 2004)

Pulsed 5 MeV standing wave electron linac for radiation processing

  • L. Auditore,
  • R. C. Barnà,
  • D. De Pasquale,
  • A. Italiano,
  • A. Trifirò,
  • M. Trimarchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.7.030101
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 3
p. 030101

Abstract

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Several modern applications of radiation processing require compact and self-contained electron accelerators. To match these requirements, a 5 MeV, 1 kW electron linac has been developed at the Dipartimento di Fisica (Università di Messina) and will be described in this paper. This standing wave accelerator, driven by a 3 GHz, 2.5 MW magnetron generator, has an autofocusing structure and will be used to study several applications of radiation processing.