Design and progress of the AIRIX induction accelerator

A new electron accelerator is now being studied and designed for flash radiography application. It consists of a pulsed injector (4 MeV-3,5 kA-60 ns) and an induction accelerator increasing the energy of the electrons up to 20 MeV. We briefly describe the Injector built by PSI and similar to the DARHT injector at LANL. We present studies and experimental tests carried out in order to design and build new induction cells and high voltage generators suitable for this application. Information is given on the PIVAIR milestone planned for a beforehand validation of the whole AIRIX machine. Cavity is separated from the last output line by a segmented radial insulator interface with a water resister allowing the resistance matching of the diode.<
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