The goal of the proposed research is to provide the nuclear medicine community with a compact linear accelerator (linac) for the production of the principal short-lived radioisotopes used in positron emission tomography. the design of this linac will be based on exciting new technologies developed… More

The use of thermal neutrons as a tool for baggage inspectionis an established technique, with a prototype system currently being tested for airport feasibility as an explosive detection device. this system could possibly be modified for individual baggage identification through the use of imaging or… More

The prodigious flow of data in electromagnetic calorimeters proposed for experiments at the superconducting super collider (ssc) will require the use of new fast radiation resistant detector crystals such as baf(2). however, the precision of these calorimeters, and hence their use for physical… More

Inertial confinement fusion using heavy ion drivers is a promising technique to obtain commercial fusion energy, primarily because of its high efficiency, high repetition rates, and the good reliability of particle accelerators. the very intense, short duration heavy ion beam pulses from the driver… More

The development of superconducting radio frequency (rf) accelerator structures has primarily focussed on high energyelectron accelerators and heavy ion boosters for electrostatic accelerators. however, several groups have suggested that this technology might be used to achieve a continuously… More

This project investigates a new type of high q resonant structure, which has recently been demonstrated, to develop high gradient, superconducting accelerator cavities. based on the concept of a photonic band gap (pbg) resonator, these new structures are physically significantly different from the… More

The effectiveness of the neutral particle beam (npb) missile defense system depends on the successful acceleration of high brightness h ion beams at high currents with continous wave (cw) operation. present baseline designs for these powerful linac systems include one or more stages of beam… More

The primary goal of this Phase I design study is to develop the design of an accelerator-based neutron source for clinical boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) using the compact radio-frequency quadruple (RFQ) linear accelerator. This accelerator design study will be completed in collaboration with… More

The use of the radio frequency superconducting ion linacs has grown steadily over the past 15 years, primarily for applications in nuclear and atomic physics where flexibility n ion species and energy are required. this technology continues to be actively developed at several laboratories worldwide.… More