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Coaxial Two-Channel Dielectric Wake Field Accelerator

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: DE-FG02-09ER85305
Agency Tracking Number: 91101
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: 38 a
Solicitation Number: DE-FOA-0000350
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
258 Bradley Street
New Haven, CT 06510
United States
DUNS: 084736651
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jay Hirshfield
 Dr.
 (203) 789-1164
 jay@omega-p.com
Business Contact
 George Trahan
Title: Dr.
Phone: (203) 789-1165
Email: enid@omega-p.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

A future multi-TeV collider, with an energy reach beyond present or planned electron-positron colliders, will require accelerator structures that can sustain acceleration gradients in the range of 150 MeV/m. To satisfy this requirement, this project will develop a two-channel dielectric wake field accelerator. In Phase I, a coaxial structure, consisting of two dielectric pipes surrounded by a conductor, will be analyzed in order to design a wake field accelerator. The wake field accelerator will be driven along its outer channel by an annular charge bunch whose wake fields accelerate a test charge bunch moving along its inner channel. This configuration can provide a high transformer ratio and favorable stability. In an mm-scale version, accelerator gradients of several 100 MeV/m can be induced by a few-nC drive bunch. The new wake field accelerator will be tested in Phase IICommercial Applications and other Benefits as described by the awardee: Development of structures that can sustain a high accelerating gradient without an undue frequency of breakdown should hasten the day when a multi-TeV collider will be built.

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