Master of Science in Physics
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Design and Temperature Tests of Electron Accelerating Copper Cavities for Industrial Applications
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| Design and Temperature Tests of Electron Accelerating copper Cavities for Industrial Applications. Jesse Lenson Singleton, III. Master of Science (Physics), May, 1995, Sam Houston State Unversity, Huntsville, Texas. Electron accelerators are increasingly being used in industrial applications such as materials processing, process monitoring, bulk sterilzation, and downhole oil-well logging. Some of these applications require that the accelerator can operate over a wide range of temperatures without excessively large tuning devices and bulky equipment. Two 2.45 Ghz cavities were designed using POISSON/SUPERFISH. The cavities resonance frequencies and Quality factor were calculated as a function of temperature. A half-cell cavity was manufactured and test from liquid nitrogen temperature to approximately 150 C. A short coupled thresds-cell cavity structure was manufactured and tested from -40 C to 150 C. A tuning Scheme was developed for this three-cell cavity in order to have a strong power coupling. The results of these measurements were compared to predictions from POISSON/SUPERFISH. | ||
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Thesis Drector Dr. Charles Meitzler PhD |
