High-energy accelerator for beams of heavy ions
US4069457A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05H7/06
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for accelerating heavy ions to high energies and directing the accelerated ions at a target comprises a source of singly ionized heavy ions of an element or compound of greater than 100 atomic mass units, means for accelerating the heavy ions, a storage ring for accumulating the accelerated heavy ions and switching means for switching the heavy ions from the storage ring to strike a target substantially simultaneously from a plurality of directions. In a particular embodiment the heavy ion that is accelerated is singly ionized hydrogen iodide. After acceleration, if the beam is of molecular ions, the ions are dissociated to leave an accelerated singly ionized atomic ion in a beam. Extraction of the beam may be accomplished by stripping all the electrons from the atomic ion to switch the beam from the storage ring by bending it in magnetic field of the storage ring.
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