drift tube linac (DTL)
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A drift tube linac (DTL) is a type of linear particle accelerator that uses a series of electrically driven drift tubes to progressively increase the energy of charged particle beams.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| drift tube linac | 0 |
| Drift Tube Linac | 1 |
| cell-coupled drift tube linac (CCDTL) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linear particle accelerator
ⓘ
radio-frequency linear accelerator ⓘ |
| accelerates |
charged particles
ⓘ
heavy ion beams ⓘ ion beams ⓘ proton beams ⓘ |
| fieldConfiguration | axial electric field in gaps ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | DTL ⓘ |
| hasAdvantage |
efficient acceleration at low beta
ⓘ
relatively simple mechanical structure ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
cell length increases with particle velocity
ⓘ
drift tubes shield particles from decelerating RF fields ⓘ standing-wave RF mode ⓘ synchronous phase operation ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
bunch charged particles
ⓘ
focus particle beams ⓘ increase particle beam energy ⓘ |
| hasLimitation |
large physical size at high energies
ⓘ
less efficient at high particle velocities ⓘ |
| hasMedium | vacuum ⓘ |
| hasSection |
accelerating gap
ⓘ
drift tube section ⓘ tank ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy |
coupled cavity linac
ⓘ
superconducting linac sections ⓘ |
| isOptimizedFor | low to medium energy beams ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | radio-frequency quadrupole ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
cancer therapy accelerators
ⓘ
ion implantation facilities ⓘ materials science experiments ⓘ medical accelerators ⓘ nuclear physics research ⓘ proton accelerator facilities ⓘ radioactive ion beam facilities ⓘ spallation neutron sources ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
continuous wave mode
ⓘ
pulsed mode ⓘ |
| requires |
high-power RF source
ⓘ
high-vacuum system ⓘ precise RF phase control ⓘ |
| typicalApplication | injector for high-energy synchrotrons ⓘ |
| typicalEnergyRange | a few MeV to several tens of MeV ⓘ |
| usesComponent | drift tube ⓘ |
| usesField | radio-frequency electric field ⓘ |
| usesFocusingElement |
quadrupole lens inside drift tubes
ⓘ
quadrupole magnet ⓘ |
| usesFrequencyRange | tens to hundreds of megahertz ⓘ |
| usesStructure | resonant cavity ⓘ |
| wasDevelopedFor | early proton accelerator applications ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
cell-coupled drift tube linac (CCDTL)