Patent ID: 8723451
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H05H

Abstract:
1. An accelerator for accelerating charged particles, comprising: a capacitor stack comprising: a switching device to which the electrodes of the capacitor stack are connected, the switching device being configured such that, during operation of the switching device, the electrodes of the capacitor stack concentrically arranged with respect to one another can be brought to increasing potential levels, a first acceleration channel formed by first openings in the electrodes of the capacitor stack such that charged particles can be accelerated by the electrodes along the first acceleration channel, a second acceleration channel formed by second openings in the electrodes of the capacitor stack such that charged particles can be accelerated by the electrodes along the second acceleration channel, and a device configured to influence the accelerated particle beam in the interior of the capacitor stack, thereby creating photons in the interior of the capacitor stack.