Miniaturizing the large hadron collider with optimized radio frequency accelerators
High energy particle accelerators in the world – like the LHC – are enormous, expensive facilities that have been responsible for some of the most prominent scientific breakthroughs in the history of mankind. The high demand for these facilities has motivated the holy grail of miniaturizing th...
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Nanyang Technological University
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158200 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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| Summary: | High energy particle accelerators in the world – like the LHC – are enormous, expensive
facilities that have been responsible for some of the most prominent scientific
breakthroughs in the history of mankind. The high demand for these facilities has
motivated the holy grail of miniaturizing these particle acceleration facilities, to realize
compact, affordable, high-quality particle accelerators that can be made available on a
widespread basis.
In this project, the student will study the acceleration of charged particles by
electromagnetic fields and design an RF linear particle accelerator for charged particle
acceleration with the ultimate objective of designing a structure capable of accelerating
an electron to relativistic speeds within 1 meter of physical space. Such research will
pave the way to high quality, compact sources of high energy particles, and has potential
applications in X-ray generation for medical imaging, security scanning, and industrial
inspection. |
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