OT Klystron [was Re: [sdiy] Tube ring mod]

[Glen]

At 02:44 PM 6/18/03 , The Peasant wrote:

>We pulse them up to 110KV @ 100A, fun stuff! Then we use 
>the RF output to excite the actual accelerating waveguide, 
>which is basically a large tube with tuned RF cavities, 
>2.998 gigahertz. Anyone for a 22 MeV electron beam? (That's 
>22 million volts, folks, please stand back) How about 18 
>MeV of photon (gamma) radiation?

I hope you've already had all the children you plan on having in your
lifetime. Working around that sort of equipment can be hazardous to your
future family.

take care,
Glen