On the Relativistic Correction of Particles Trajectory in Tandem Type Electrostatic Accelerator

Minárik Stanislav ()
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Minárik Stanislav: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Advanced Technologies Research Institute, Bottova 25, 917 24 Trnava, Slovakia

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology, 2015, vol. 23, issue s1, 53-60

Abstract: A constant potential is applied to the acceleration of the ion-beam in the tandem type electrostatic accelerator. However, not just one voltage is applied, but instead a number of applications can be made in succession by means of the tandem arrangement of high voltage tubes. This number of voltage applications, which is the number of so-called "stages" of a tandem accelerator, may be two, three, or four, depending on the chosen design. Electrostatic field with approximately constant intensity acts on ions in any stage. In general, non-relativistic dynamics is used for the description of the ion transport in tandem accelerator. Energies of accelerated ions are too low and relativistic effects cannot be commonly observed by standard experimental technique. Estimation of possible relativistic correction of ion trajectories is therefore only a matter of calculation. In this note, we briefly present such calculation. Our aim is to show how using the relativistic dynamics modifies the particles trajectory in tandem type accelerator and what parameters determine this modification.

Keywords: ion beam; relativistic correction; tandem type electrostatic accelerator; ion trajectory; relativistic dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1515/rput-2015-0027

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