The Montreal Electron Accelerator Proposal

A 50 MeV CW RTM electron accelerator has been designed at the University of Montreal. The system consists of an electron gun, a chopper-buncher, a preaccelerator and the 50 MeV RTM. The installation is essentially the first phase of what is hoped will one day be a 1 GeV Canadian electron facility. A general outline of the system is presented. The main topics discussed are the various system components, the beam optics calculations and some of the experimental equipment to be used in the proposed nuclear physics research program.