Research work · 1990

Frontiers of particle beam physics

Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics

Abstract

First, a review is given of various highly developed techniques for particle handling that are, nevertheless, being vigorously advanced at the present time. These include soft superconductor radio-frequency cavities, hard superconductor magnets, cooling rings for ions and antiprotons, and damping rings for electrons. Second, attention is focused upon novel devices for particle generation, acceleration, and focusing. These include relativistic klystrons and free electron laser power sources, binary power multipliers, photocathodes, switched-power linacs, plasma beat-wave accelerators, plasma wake-field accelerators, plasma lenses, plasma adiabatic focusers, and plasma compensators.

DOI: 10.1063/1.859550