Linear accelerator

US8598814B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Marvin Möller · Jena, DE
• Sven Müller · Duisburg, DE
• Stefan Setzer · Weiterstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 3, 2013
• Expiry date: May 3, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05H9/02
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for pulsed operation of a linear accelerator includes generating pulses of charged particles. The generating includes emitting particles by a particle source and accelerating the particles in an accelerator device that includes a plurality of linked cavity resonators. The accelerator device is supplied with energy by an energy supply unit. Particle energy is changed solely by varying a number of particles emitted by the particle source per pulse.