Request for Verified Specifications of Amateur Accelerators
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:53 am
For those of you who have been following my progress, builds, and posts (both on these forums and in other hobbyist communities), you will know that I am currently in the process of designing and building an industrial-grade/research-class accelerator, which I hope will open up a new level of accelerator technology and research that has not yet, as far as I am aware, been explored before at the amateur level.
The accelerator build will be a fully open source home-built device, and completely designed and built from scratch from the ground up at the budget level of a decently-equipped fusor system (including exceptional scavenging and salvaging skills). I am currently in the design phase of the power supply for the accelerator, as well as a literature review of related systems that have inspired and preceded it historically.
In addition to my intensive research into similar past historic accelerators, I am also interested in looking at what has been prior accomplished at the amateur level. I would like to politely request the help of the knowledgeable members of this forum in this regard, in the event that I have missed anything in my search.
I was wondering if other members and enthusiasts here would happen to know and be able to provide specifications for the highest verified beam power, energy, and/or current for any type of amateur particle accelerator that has been built, either presented here on the forums, or elsewhere historically. This extends to everything from DC electrostatic accelerators, beam on target sources, ion sources, cyclotrons, etc. This includes both electron and ion accelerators as well. For amateur efforts, I am mainly looking for specs related to systems that have been built on one's own, separate of a research institute or company, and constitutes the definition of a truly independent, amateur built device. However, amateur efforts that extend to devices that have been built at universities using university resources are also welcome for comparison (though do not really qualify as a truly independent home-built amateur device). These specs do not all need to be concurrent for a single build. For example, one build could have the highest energy, another could have highest current, etc. I have searched extensively through what has been documented that I have found on the web so far, but I want to make sure that I have not missed any important information or efforts in this regard. This is not for design purposes, as the accelerator topology and major design parameters have already been established, but rather for a comparative review of prior amateur accelerator attempts and documentation purposes.
If all goes well and proceeds on time, I should expect first beam within the next few months, in which I will start releasing details and specifications of the build. Should I be completely unsuccessful (some risk, but very unlikely that I will not achieve any beam), all of the build information, design work, and documentation will still be available for others to build off of and further improve.
Thank you very much in advance for any information you are able to provide.
The accelerator build will be a fully open source home-built device, and completely designed and built from scratch from the ground up at the budget level of a decently-equipped fusor system (including exceptional scavenging and salvaging skills). I am currently in the design phase of the power supply for the accelerator, as well as a literature review of related systems that have inspired and preceded it historically.
In addition to my intensive research into similar past historic accelerators, I am also interested in looking at what has been prior accomplished at the amateur level. I would like to politely request the help of the knowledgeable members of this forum in this regard, in the event that I have missed anything in my search.
I was wondering if other members and enthusiasts here would happen to know and be able to provide specifications for the highest verified beam power, energy, and/or current for any type of amateur particle accelerator that has been built, either presented here on the forums, or elsewhere historically. This extends to everything from DC electrostatic accelerators, beam on target sources, ion sources, cyclotrons, etc. This includes both electron and ion accelerators as well. For amateur efforts, I am mainly looking for specs related to systems that have been built on one's own, separate of a research institute or company, and constitutes the definition of a truly independent, amateur built device. However, amateur efforts that extend to devices that have been built at universities using university resources are also welcome for comparison (though do not really qualify as a truly independent home-built amateur device). These specs do not all need to be concurrent for a single build. For example, one build could have the highest energy, another could have highest current, etc. I have searched extensively through what has been documented that I have found on the web so far, but I want to make sure that I have not missed any important information or efforts in this regard. This is not for design purposes, as the accelerator topology and major design parameters have already been established, but rather for a comparative review of prior amateur accelerator attempts and documentation purposes.
If all goes well and proceeds on time, I should expect first beam within the next few months, in which I will start releasing details and specifications of the build. Should I be completely unsuccessful (some risk, but very unlikely that I will not achieve any beam), all of the build information, design work, and documentation will still be available for others to build off of and further improve.
Thank you very much in advance for any information you are able to provide.