Characterizing The Performance of The Houghton College Cyclotron

dc.contributor.author	Haas, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-06T18:50:15Z
dc.date.available	2009-05-06T18:50:15Z
dc.date.issued	2009-05-06
dc.description.abstract	The Houghton College Cyclotron briefly accelerated hydrogen ions for the first time in 2007 before a discharge from the dee to the chamber wall damaged the glass insulation and “dee” electrode. To prevent this from happening again, a new vacuum chamber and 15 cm diameter “dee” electrode was designed and constructed. Placed between the poles of a 1.1 T electromagnet, low pressure gas was released into the chamber where a filament, through electron collisions, ionized the gas. The ions were accelerated by an alternating RF electric field and forced to travel in a spiral path by the electromagnet. The new chamber and “dee” has successfully accelerated protons, molecular hydrogen and helium. Eventually, the d(d,n)3He reaction will be used to produce neutrons for use in small-scale nuclear experiments.
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.houghton.edu/handle/hc/3757
dc.publisher	Houghton College
dc.rights	Authors retain the copyright for all content posted in this repository. This material may not be published, reproduced, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed beyond the Houghton College community without permission except in accordance with fair use doctrine.
dc.subject	Student Projects
dc.title	Characterizing The Performance of The Houghton College Cyclotron

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