Claims
- 1. A magnetic storage ring system for charged particles, comprisinga magnetic storage ring formed only by a static field designed to contain said charged particles, said static field comprising a static magnetic field; an injector of relativistic charged particles located outside said static magnetic field of the storage ring, and configured to inject said relativistic charged particles into said magnetic storage ring; a target located inside the magnetic storage ring such that said relativistic charged particles impinge on said target, said target chosen so as to decelerate the relativistic charged particles sufficiently that said relativistic charged particles are captured and circulate around said magnetic storage ring a plurality of times, wherein said relativistic charged particles are captured only by said static field.
- 2. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein said relativistic charged particles emit radiation as they decelerate in said target.
- 3. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein said static magnetic field of said magnetic storage ring results only from permanent magnets.
- 4. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein said relativistic charged particles are accelerated to energies above 0.5 MeV.
- 5. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein the relativistic charged particles pass through the target multiple times.
- 6. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 comprising a support which holds said target, said support being moveable in order to tune said location of said target.
- 7. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein said target comprises two different targets, a damping target having a first cross-sectional area and a radiating target having a second cross-sectional area, said first cross-sectional area being much larger than said second cross-sectional area.
- 8. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein said target comprises a transition radiator.
- 9. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein said target comprises a Cherenkov radiator.
- 10. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein said target comprises a parametric radiator.
- 11. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein said target comprises a Bremsstrahlung radiator.
- 12. A magnetic storage ring system as in claim 1 wherein said target comprises a compound target made up of a damping target and a radiating target, wherein the damping target has a large area compared to the radiating target, and wherein the radiating target has a thick radiation length relative to the damping target.
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of Prov. Appl. No. 60/167,424, filed Nov. 24, 1999.
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