Preparations for Ultra-High Dose Rate 25-90 MeV Electron Radiation Experiments with a Compact, High-Peak-Current, X-band Linear Accelerator.

ABSTRACT: The Distributed Charge Compton Source (DCCS) developed by Lumitron Technologies, Inc. has produced a 25-MeV electron beam with 1.7-nC macrobunches at a 100-Hz repetition rate from a compact, high-gradient X-band (11.424 GHz) accelerator. The DCCS is currently being commissioned to produce 100-MeV-class electrons, well within the very high energy electron (VHEE) energy regime, with macrobunch charges of up to 25 nC at repetition rates up to 400 Hz. The DCCS is also designed to produce imaging X rays through Laser Compton scattering. This work aims to describe the preparations for the first dosimetry experimental campaign using this accelerator system at energies ranging from 25 MeV to 90 MeV through hardware development and Monte Carlo (TOPAS) simulation studies. A significant goal of these

SUBMITTER: Effarah HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12922569 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature