OBJECTIVE: High-gradient accelerator technology is sought for development of transportable accelerators capable of accelerating protons, electrons or muons. Portable-accelerator applications of interest to DTRA require protons with energy in the tens of MeV range and in the few GeV range; electrons in the 100 MeV range; and muons in the hundreds of MeV range. Critical technology is sought that will enable construction of systems operable from moving military platforms or will significantly reduce the overall footprint of currently available technology. DESCRIPTION: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA is investigating the use of high energy, particle sources for detecting special nuclear materials (SNM). Systems transportable on military platforms are required. Reduction of the size and weight of existing and novel systems are goals. Critical technology that will lead to increased accelerating gradients will help to achieve program goals. The following examples may represent current state-of-the-art gradients for acceleration of protons
Keywords: Linac, Linear Accelerator, Proton, Electron, Ion, High-Energy Physics, Particle Accelerator, High Gradient Accelerator
