Open Access17 GHz High Gradient Accelerator Research
Author(s) -
R.J. Temkin,
Michael A. Shapiro
Publication year - 2013
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1087178
Subject(s) - linear particle accelerator , particle accelerator , physics , photonics , engineering physics , electron , electrical engineering , nuclear physics , engineering , optoelectronics , optics , beam (structure)
This is a report on the MIT High Gradient Accelerator Research program which has included: Operation of the 17 GHz, 25 MeV MIT/Haimson Research Corp. electron accelerator at MIT, the highest frequency, stand-alone accelerator in the world; collaboration with members of the US High Gradient Collaboration, including the design and test of novel structures at SLAC at 11.4 GHz; the design, construction and testing of photonic bandgap structures, including metallic and dielectric structures; the investigation of the wakefields in novel structures; and the training of the next generation of graduate students and postdoctoral associates in accelerator physics