The Electrostatic Accelerator

A Versatile Tool

Ragnar Hellborg, Harry J. Whitlow

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English

Morgan & Claypool Publishers
30 March 2019

Scientific standards; Mensuration & systems of measurement; Atomic & molecular physics; Nuclear structure physics; Electrical engineering

Series: IOP Concise Physics

Electrostatic Accelerators have been at the forefront of modern technology since the development by Sir John Cockroft and Ernest Walton in 1932 of the first accelerator, which was the first to achieve nuclear transmutation and earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951. The applications of Cockroft and Walton's development have been far reaching, even into our kitchens where it is employed to generate the high voltage needed for the magnetron in microwave ovens. Other electrostatic accelerator related Nobel prize winning developments that have had a major socio-economic impact are; the electron microscope where the beams of electrons are produced by an electrostatic accelerator, X-rays and computer tomography (CT) scanners where the X-rays are produced using an electron accelerator and microelectronic technology where ion implantation is used to dope the semiconductor chips which form the basis of our computers, mobile phones and entertainment systems. Although the Electrostatic Accelerator field is over 90 years old, and only a handful of accelerators are used for their original purpose in nuclear physics, the field and the number of accelerators is growing more rapidly than ever.

The objective of this book is to collect together the basic science and technology that underlies the Electrostatic Accelerator field so it can serve as a handbook, reference guide and textbook for accelerator engineers as well as students and researchers who work with Electrostatic Accelerators.

By: Ragnar Hellborg, Harry J. Whitlow
Imprint: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781643273532
ISBN 10: 1643273531
Series: IOP Concise Physics
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 30 March 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgements Author biographies 1. Introduction 2. The field of accelerator techniques 3. History of electrostatic accelerators 4. Electrostatics 5. Insulating gases 6. Charging systems 7. Voltage distribution systems 8. High voltage stabilisation 9. Accelerator tubes 10. Ion stripper system and terminal pumping 11. Electron sources 12. Positive ion sources 13. Negative ion formation processes and sources 14. Equipment for beam diagnostics 15. Charged particle optics and beam transport 16. Radiation protection at an accelerator laboratory 17. Computer control of accelerators 18. Vacuum technology for electrostatic accelerators 19. Environmental and safety aspects of electrostatic accelerators 20. Applications of electrostatic accelerators Appendix SI units and other units

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 is Full professor of Physics and Director of the Louisiana Accelerator Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. He has a long career in applying MeV ion accelerator based methods to a wide range of fundamental and applied problems.