Continuous-wave electron linear accelerators for industrial applications

New Applications for Linear Electron Accelerators*

Electron linacs in the 100 MeV to 25 GeV energy range have by now been in operation for periods ranging from one year to over 20 years. In 1951 the Mark III accelerator at Stanford became the first electron linac to exceed an energy of 100 MeV. Since then significant increases in maximum electron energy have been made by the h'Iark III (reaching an energy of 1 GeV in 1960) and SLAC (exceeding 2...

Medical Applications of Electron Linear Accelerators

The role of radiation therapy in cancer management is first defined: today among the cancer patients who are cured (≅ 45 %) about one half are cured by radiation therapy applied alone or in combination with surgery or chemotherapy. The experience accumulated in decades shows that, to be efficient, the radiation treatment must be delivered with a high physical selectivity. At present, electron l...

Travelling Wave Linear Accelerators

Communicated b y y. D. Cockcroft; MS. ABSTRACT. Acceleration of electrons by means of an electroma,onetiic wave travelling down a circular corrugated tube is considered. The relevint properties of corrugated tubes are derived and the factors influencing electron enxgies. Some numerical results are also quoted for a wavelength of 10 cm. The problems of high energy accelerators arc &scussed brief...

Review of Industrial Accelerators and Their Applications

Energy device for monitoring 4-10 MeV industrial electron accelerators

The electron beam energy is one of the critical parameters of electron accelerators since it can affect the dose distribution inside the body or in products to be irradiated with a beam of energetic electrons. A device has been developed for monitoring small variations in the electron beam energy that is easy-to-use during an irradiation run. It involves measurement of currents (or charges) col...