Abstract:
The bunching device in accordance with the invention is essentially constituted by a cylindrical cavity resonator, which advantageously replaces the conventional device encountered in linear accelerators, including a velocity-modulation cavity for modulating the particles and a drift space for bunching said particles. The length of this bunching cavity is associated with the velocity of the particles in said cavity and with the operating frequency of the accelerator. A device of this kind, which is of small size and low cost, renders unnecessary the conventional control of amplitude and phase of the signals which are injected into the bunching device and the accelerator structure, which are coupled in a direct manner. Furthermore, it enables operation to be carried out under conditions of heavy current, whilst achieving good efficiency.