drift tube linac (DTL)

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A drift tube linac (DTL) is a type of linear particle accelerator that uses a series of electrically driven drift tubes to progressively increase the energy of charged particle beams.

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Generate an image of a drift tube linac (DTL) (A drift tube linac (DTL) is a type of linear particle accelerator that uses a series of electrically driven drift tubes to progressively increase the energy of charged particle beams.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf linear particle accelerator ⓘ
radio-frequency linear accelerator ⓘ
accelerates charged particles ⓘ
heavy ion beams ⓘ
ion beams ⓘ
proton beams ⓘ
fieldConfiguration axial electric field in gaps ⓘ
hasAbbreviation DTL ⓘ
hasAdvantage efficient acceleration at low beta ⓘ
relatively simple mechanical structure ⓘ
hasDesignFeature cell length increases with particle velocity ⓘ
drift tubes shield particles from decelerating RF fields ⓘ
standing-wave RF mode ⓘ
synchronous phase operation ⓘ
hasFunction bunch charged particles ⓘ
focus particle beams ⓘ
increase particle beam energy ⓘ
hasLimitation large physical size at high energies ⓘ
less efficient at high particle velocities ⓘ
hasMedium vacuum ⓘ
hasSection accelerating gap ⓘ
drift tube section ⓘ
tank ⓘ
isFollowedBy coupled cavity linac ⓘ
superconducting linac sections ⓘ
isOptimizedFor low to medium energy beams ⓘ
isPrecededBy radio-frequency quadrupole ⓘ
isUsedIn cancer therapy accelerators ⓘ
ion implantation facilities ⓘ
materials science experiments ⓘ
medical accelerators ⓘ
nuclear physics research ⓘ
proton accelerator facilities ⓘ
radioactive ion beam facilities ⓘ
spallation neutron sources ⓘ
operatesIn continuous wave mode ⓘ
pulsed mode ⓘ
requires high-power RF source ⓘ
high-vacuum system ⓘ
precise RF phase control ⓘ
typicalApplication injector for high-energy synchrotrons ⓘ
typicalEnergyRange a few MeV to several tens of MeV ⓘ
usesComponent drift tube ⓘ
usesField radio-frequency electric field ⓘ
usesFocusingElement quadrupole lens inside drift tubes ⓘ
quadrupole magnet ⓘ
usesFrequencyRange tens to hundreds of megahertz ⓘ
usesStructure resonant cavity ⓘ
wasDevelopedFor early proton accelerator applications ⓘ

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Linac4 → hasComponent → drift tube linac (DTL) ⓘ
Linac4 → hasComponent → cell-coupled drift tube linac (CCDTL) ⓘ
linked to: drift tube linac (DTL)
DTL → fullName → Drift Tube Linac ⓘ
linked to: drift tube linac (DTL)