2022/02/15 by Thomas Kroc, Kroc, Thomas K.
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Engineering · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #Radiation Effects and Dosimetry
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2202.07702
openalex publication_date 2022/02/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
To date, linear accelerators (linacs) as electron sources used to produce ionizing radiation for industrial purposes have been limited to less than 100 kW. When the electron beam is used directly, this is sufficient for most potential applications. However, when the electron beam is used for the production of photons (x-rays) which are then to be used in an application, this is not sufficient to compete with other sources of photons (gamma rays from cobalt-60). This paper will discuss a compact superconducting RF (CSRF) accelerator system that relies on emerging technologies that will be able to produce electron beam powers into the 100s of kW with efficiencies much better than present linacs. The focus is to produce x-ray beams for medical device sterilization to provide alternatives for the present use of cobalt-60 for this purpose.