Patent ID: 6433494
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H05H

Abstract:
A method for accelerating particles to a given particle energy utilizing an EH-undulated accelerator structure with an energized particle output direction, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a source of particles to be energized by acceleration; (b) providing an acceleration channel with said structure of spatially constrained configuration derived in correspondence with directional transition regions and substantially surmounted by a magnetic core and winding assembly excitable from an associated distributed time varying current source to generate a magnetic field about said acceleration channel and a corresponding crossed electric field having particle accelerating vectors with generally undulating acceleration directions along said acceleration channel, said channel extending from an accelerator input to an accelerator output said core comprising a magnetic material effective to generate said magnetic field; (c) providing a magnetic steering assembly positioned with respect to said directional transition regions and effective to derive undulative transitions of said acceleration directions; (d) introducing said particles from said source to said accelerator input; (e) actuating said distributed current source to derive said magnetic field and said crossed electric field to effect acceleration of said particles to form a path of energized particles within a select path route along said acceleration channel; (f) steering said path of particles within said acceleration channel with said steering assembly to derive, with said magnetic and crossed electric fields, a said path of energized particles having a system directional vector corresponding with said output direction; and (g) directing said path of energized particles from said accelerator output.