The electrostatic accelerator : a versatile tool / Ragnar Hellborg, Harry J. Whitlow.

By: Hellborg, R. (Ragnar) [author.]Contributor(s): Whitlow, Harry J [author.] | Morgan & Claypool Publishers [publisher.] | Institute of Physics, IOP - EBA (Great Britain) [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: IOP (Series)Release 5 | IOP concise physicsPublisher: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]Distributor: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color)Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781643273563 ebookSubject(s): Electrostatic accelerators | Atomic & molecular physics | SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & MolecularAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 539.7/32 LOC classification: QC787.E4 H454 2019ebOnline resources: e-book Full-text access Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The field of accelerator techniques -- 2.1. Different types of accelerator -- 2.2. Orbital accelerators -- 2.3. Linear accelerators -- 2.4. Direct voltage accelerators -- 2.5. Tandem electrostatic accelerator
3. History of electrostatic accelerators -- 3.1. Development of Van de Graaff accelerators -- 3.2. The Herb accelerators -- 3.3. Commercially produced accelerators -- 3.4. The development of tandem accelerators -- 3.5. The big machines
4. Electrostatics -- 4.1. Field distributions -- 4.2. Potential dividers
5. Insulating gases -- 6. Charging systems -- 6.1. Belt charging systems -- 6.2. Chain charging systems -- 6.3. Cascade generator charging systems
7. Voltage distribution systems -- 7.1. Corona point systems -- 7.2. Resistor chains
8. High voltage stabilisation -- 8.1. Feedback voltage stabilisation
9. Accelerator tubes -- 9.1. Beam optics
10. Ion stripper system and terminal pumping -- 10.1. Charge exchange
11. Electron sources -- 11.1. Thermionic electron gun
12. Positive ion sources -- 12.1. RF-ion sources -- 12.2. Penning ion sources -- 12.3. Duoplasmatron ion sources
13. Negative ion formation processes and sources -- 13.1. Negative ion formation
14. Equipment for beam diagnostics -- 14.1. Measurement of the beam current -- 14.2. Monitoring the beam diameter and position -- 14.3. Beam profile monitors -- 14.4. Beam stoppers and safety equipment
15. Charged particle optics and beam transport -- 15.1. Specification of the ion beam -- 15.2. Charge particle beam optics and beam transport characteristics for different types of end-station beam-lines -- 15.3. Accelerator ion optics
16. Radiation protection at an accelerator laboratory -- 16.1. Types of radiation -- 16.2. Radiation dosimetry -- 16.3. Detecting ionising radiation
17. Computer control of accelerators -- 17.1. Introduction -- 17.2. Distributed intelligence -- 17.3. Smart accelerators and Industrie 4.0 -- 17.4. Obsolescence considerations
18. Vacuum technology for electrostatic accelerators -- 18.1. Introduction -- 18.2. Basic high vacuum technology -- 18.3. Kinetic theory and gas flow in vacuum systems -- 18.4. Vacuum components -- 18.5. Vacuum fittings and materials -- 18.6. Ac
19. Environmental and safety aspects of electrostatic accelerators -- 19.1. Introduction -- 19.2. Building environmental aspects -- 19.3. Environmental effects on electrostatic accelerators
20. Applications of electrostatic accelerators -- 20.1. Introduction -- 20.2. Atomic and nuclear reactions -- 20.3. Charged particle beam modification of materials -- 20.4. Ion beam analysis methods -- 20.5. Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS).
Abstract: Electrostatic accelerators have been at the forefront of modern technology since 1932, when Sir John Cockroft and Ernest Walton developed the first accelerator. Although the electrostatic accelerator field is over 90 years old, the field and the
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1. Introduction -- 2. The field of accelerator techniques -- 2.1. Different types of accelerator -- 2.2. Orbital accelerators -- 2.3. Linear accelerators -- 2.4. Direct voltage accelerators -- 2.5. Tandem electrostatic accelerator

3. History of electrostatic accelerators -- 3.1. Development of Van de Graaff accelerators -- 3.2. The Herb accelerators -- 3.3. Commercially produced accelerators -- 3.4. The development of tandem accelerators -- 3.5. The big machines

4. Electrostatics -- 4.1. Field distributions -- 4.2. Potential dividers

5. Insulating gases -- 6. Charging systems -- 6.1. Belt charging systems -- 6.2. Chain charging systems -- 6.3. Cascade generator charging systems

7. Voltage distribution systems -- 7.1. Corona point systems -- 7.2. Resistor chains

8. High voltage stabilisation -- 8.1. Feedback voltage stabilisation

9. Accelerator tubes -- 9.1. Beam optics

10. Ion stripper system and terminal pumping -- 10.1. Charge exchange

11. Electron sources -- 11.1. Thermionic electron gun

12. Positive ion sources -- 12.1. RF-ion sources -- 12.2. Penning ion sources -- 12.3. Duoplasmatron ion sources

13. Negative ion formation processes and sources -- 13.1. Negative ion formation

14. Equipment for beam diagnostics -- 14.1. Measurement of the beam current -- 14.2. Monitoring the beam diameter and position -- 14.3. Beam profile monitors -- 14.4. Beam stoppers and safety equipment

15. Charged particle optics and beam transport -- 15.1. Specification of the ion beam -- 15.2. Charge particle beam optics and beam transport characteristics for different types of end-station beam-lines -- 15.3. Accelerator ion optics

16. Radiation protection at an accelerator laboratory -- 16.1. Types of radiation -- 16.2. Radiation dosimetry -- 16.3. Detecting ionising radiation

17. Computer control of accelerators -- 17.1. Introduction -- 17.2. Distributed intelligence -- 17.3. Smart accelerators and Industrie 4.0 -- 17.4. Obsolescence considerations

18. Vacuum technology for electrostatic accelerators -- 18.1. Introduction -- 18.2. Basic high vacuum technology -- 18.3. Kinetic theory and gas flow in vacuum systems -- 18.4. Vacuum components -- 18.5. Vacuum fittings and materials -- 18.6. Ac

19. Environmental and safety aspects of electrostatic accelerators -- 19.1. Introduction -- 19.2. Building environmental aspects -- 19.3. Environmental effects on electrostatic accelerators

20. Applications of electrostatic accelerators -- 20.1. Introduction -- 20.2. Atomic and nuclear reactions -- 20.3. Charged particle beam modification of materials -- 20.4. Ion beam analysis methods -- 20.5. Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS).

Electrostatic accelerators have been at the forefront of modern technology since 1932, when Sir John Cockroft and Ernest Walton developed the first accelerator. Although the electrostatic accelerator field is over 90 years old, the field and the

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Ragnar Hellborg is emeritus Full professor of Applied Physics at the Department of Physics, University of Lund in Sweden. He has worked in the field of applied physics using electrostatic accelerators for more than fifty years. Harry J. Whitlow

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