linear particle accelerator
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LINEAR PARTICLE ACCELERATOR
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• A linear particle accelerator (linac) is a type of particle accelerator.
• greatly increases the velocity of charged subatomic particles or ions.
• Subjects the charged particles to a series of oscillating electric potentials along a linear beam line;
• this method of particle acceleration was invented by Leo Szilard.
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• Linacs have many applications: • they generate X-rays and high energy electrons for medicinal
purposes in radiation therapy, • serve as particle injectors for higher-energy accelerators, and • are used directly to achieve the highest kinetic energy for
light particles (electrons and positrons) for particle physics.
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• The design of a linac depends on the type of particle that is being accelerated:
• electrons, • protons or • ions. • Linac range in size from a cathode ray tube to the 2-mile
(3.2 km) long linac at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California.
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CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
• A linear particle accelerator consists of the following elements:
• The particle source. • The design of the source depends on the particle that is being
moved. • Electrons are generated by a cold cathode, a hot cathode, a
photocathode, or radio frequency (RF) ion sources. • Protons are generated in an ion source, which can have many
different designs. • If heavier particles are to be accelerated, (e.g., uranium ions),
a specialized ion source is needed.
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• A high voltage source for the initial injection of particles. • A hollow pipe vacuum chamber. • The length will vary with the application. • Within the chamber, electrically isolated cylindrical electrodes
are placed, whose length varies with the distance along the pipe.
• The length of each electrode is determined by the • frequency and power of the driving power source and • the nature of the particle to be accelerated, with shorter
segments near the source and longer segments near the target.
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• The mass of the particle has a large effect on the length of the cylindrical electrodes;
• for example an electron is considerably lighter than a proton and so will generally require a much smaller section of cylindrical electrodes as it accelerates very quickly.
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• RF energy, used to energize the cylindrical electrodes. • A very high power accelerator will use one source for each
electrode. • The sources must operate at precise power, frequency and
phase appropriate to the particle type to be accelerated to obtain maximum device power.
• An appropriate target. • If electrons are accelerated to produce X-rays then a water
cooled tungsten target is used. • Various target materials are used when protons or other
nuclei are accelerated, depending upon the specific investigation.
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• As the particle bunch passes through the tube it is unaffected. • The frequency of the driving signal and the spacing of the
gaps between electrodes are designed so that the maximum voltage differential appears as the particle crosses the gap.
• This accelerates the particle, imparting energy to it in the form of increased velocity.
• Additional magnetic or electrostatic lens elements may be included to ensure that the beam remains in the center of the pipe and its electrodes.
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SCHEMA OF A LINEAR ACCELERATOR www.Vidyarthiplus.com
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Quadrupole magnets surrounding the linac of the Australian Synchrotron are used to help focus the electron beam
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Advantages
• Linacs of appropriate design are capable of accelerating heavy ions to energies to extremely high levels.
• High power linacs are also being developed for production of electrons at high speeds.
• Linacs are also capable of prodigious output, producing a nearly continuous stream of particles.
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Medical Linacs
• Linac-based radiation therapy for cancer therapy began with treatment of the first patient in 1953 in London at Hammersmith Hospital.
• An 8 megavolt machine was the first dedicated medical linac. • A short while later in 1955, 6 megavolt linac therapy from a
different machine was being used in the United States.
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• Medical linacs use monoenergetic electron beams between 4 and 25 MeV.
• Gives an X-ray output with a spectrum of energies. • The electrons or X-rays can be used to treat both benign and
malignant disease. • The LINAC produces a reliable, flexible and accurate radiation
beam. • The device can simply be powered off when not in use; • there is no source requiring heavy shielding – although the
treatment room itself requires considerable shielding of the walls, doors, ceiling and etc to prevent escape of scattered radiation.
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Gordon Isaacs, the first patient treated for retinoblastoma with linear accelerator radiation therapy (in this case an electron
beam), in 1957, in the U.S
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Disadvantages
• The device length limits the locations where one may be placed.
• The construction and maintenance expense of this portion is large.
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BETATRON
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• A betatron is a cyclic particle accelerator developed by Donald Kerst at the University of Illinois in 1940 to accelerate electrons.
• The betatron is essentially a transformer with a torus-shaped vacuum tube as its secondary coil.
• An alternating current in the primary coils accelerates electrons in the vacuum around a circular path.
• The betatron was the first important machine for producing high energy electrons.
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A 6 MeV betatron (1942) www.Vidyarthiplus.com
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OPERATING PRINCIPLE
• In a betatron, the changing magnetic field from the primary coil accelerates electrons injected into the vacuum torus.
• This causes them to circle round the torus in the same manner as current is induced in the secondary coil of a transformer (Faraday's Law).
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Faradays Law of Electromagnetic Induction
• The phenomenon by which an emf is induced in a conductor when it is cut by magnetic flux is known as electromagnetic induction.
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Faradays First Law
• It states that, When ever a conductor cuts a magnetic field or viceversa an emf is induced in it and it sets up in such a direction so as to oppose the cause of it.
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Faradays Second Law
• It states that the magnitude of induced emf is equal to the rate of change of flux linkage.
• Mathematically • e = -NdØ/dt • e – induced emf • N- number of turns of coil • dØ/dt – rate of change of flux • the minus sign represents that the induced emf or current
sets up in a direction so as to oppose the cause of it.
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Induced Emf
• Induced emf could be classified into • dynamically induced emf and • statically induced emf.
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Dynamically Induced EMF • This is the emf induced due to the motion of a conductor in a
magnetic field. • Mathematically • e = Blv volts • e-induced emf • B – flux density of magnetic field in Tesla • l = length of conductor in meters • v- velocity of conductor in m/s
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• if the conductor moves in an angle θ, the induced emf could be represented as
• e= Blvsinθ • the direction of induced emf is given by flemmings right hand
rule.
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Flemings Right Hand Rule www.Vidyarthiplus.com
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• According to this rule, • extend the thumb, forefinger, and the middle finger of the left
hand in such a way that all the three are mutually perpendicular to each another.
• If the forefinger points in the direction of the magnetic field and
• the middle finger in the direction of the current, then, • the thumb points in the direction of the force exerted on the
conductor. • Devices that use current carrying conductors and magnetic
fields include electric motors, generators, loudspeakers and microphones.
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Statically Induced EMF
• The emf produced in a conductor due to the change in magnetic field is called statically induce emf .
• It could be classified into two • 1)self induced emf and • 2)mutual induced emf
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The stable orbit for the electrons satisfies
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• where • θ is the flux within the area enclosed by the
electron orbit, • r is the radius of the electron orbit, and • H is the magnetic field at r.
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In other words, the magnetic field at the orbit must be half the average magnetic field over its circular cross section:
This condition is often called Wideroe's condition
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Applications • provide high energy beams of electrons—up to about 300
MeV. • If the electron beam is directed at a metal plate, the betatron
can be used as a source of energetic x-rays or gamma rays; • may be used in industrial and medical applications
(historically in radiation oncology). • A small version of a Betatron was also used to provide
electrons converted into neutrons by a target to provide prompt initiation of some nuclear weapons.
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Limitations
• The maximum energy that betatron can impart is limited by • the strength of the magnetic field due practical size of the
magnet core. • The next generation of accelerators, the synchrotrons,
overcome these limitations.
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy9atKAqAf4
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k27PZCUPeiE
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD2B1Ba2N3U
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_moypMx05Fw (IMRT for Cancer Therapy)
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