Effect of Synchrotron Radiation in the Proposed 4-GeV Argonne Microtron
Synchrotron radiation in the sector magnets of the 4 GeV microtron designed at the Argonne National Laboratory produces a small but noticeable distortion of the closed orbits of the system and a very significant growth of the horizontal and longitudinal phase space emittances. Because of the small apertures in the three 25 meter linacs, it is important that the expected growth of the beam be calculated as accurately as possible. The dynamical problem has been solved using a computer program which follows the motions of individual electrons in the four dimensional horizontal and longitudinal phase space as they are accelerated in the system. In this paper the authors call attention to the fact that there are 3 long 28 m linac sections separated by sector magnets from 3 dispersion sections where the orbits for different energies are separated. The interaction of the linac rf systems with the synchrotron energy loss in the sector magnets produces different orbit effects in the downstream and upstream linac sector magnets. The average synchrotron radiation energy loss per sector magnet is given.
GEM, ANL 4-GeV CW Electron Microtron Design
A six-sided hexagonal microtron has been chosen as the accelerator to generate the beams required to pursue a national research program at a CW 4 GeV electron laboratory. This option has the advantage of superior beam quality, low capital and operating cost, and promise of furnishing beams of several electron energies simultaneously. Only moderate rf power is required because of the basic feature of all microtron designs, recirculation of the electron beam through the same rf accelerating section many times. The hexatron design has the additional feature of compatibility with an existing accelerator complex at Argonne which is currently unoccupied and available.
Experimental study of thermal modeling for stratospheric platform airships
R&D work on the Japanese stratospheric platform airship is discussed from the viewpoint of the thermal modeling. The work includes two experiments on the thermal characteristics of the 25m-long airship and the 35m-long PV-equipped airship model. The validity of the current thermal model was confirmed by comparing the calculated results with the measured data. The other important work is the Ground-to-Stratosphere (GTS) flight test. A 47mlong airship-shaped balloon was flown to the stratosphere. The flight simulation program into which the thermal model was integrated, was developed and applied successfully to predict the ascent behavior and the flight trajectory.