University of Texas at Arlington

High energy particle physics requires powerful accelerators and detectors to study the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces between them. Accelerators of various energies are used in many different areas, including material property studies, medicine and homeland security. One challenge faced is the difficulty of transferring energy from the accelerator to the particle to be accelerated. Traditionally, a radio-frequency cavity along with an electric field is used for charged particle acceleration. We propose to carry out research and development of a novel acceleration method using forward helical vortex magnetic field generated by a Rodin style toroid coil electro-magnet. Due to the shape of the field, we expect this scheme to not only accelerate but also focus charged particles. We will construct several prototype Rodin style magnets, characterize the magnetic fields generated by the prototypes and test their functionality on a low energy positron accelerator in the UT Arlington Physics department. Should this scheme work, we may have developed a new way of accelerating particles and fine-tuning their energies.

Frank Allen, Soha Aslam, Aaron Baca, Timothy Hoffman, Robert Mathews, & Elijah Murphyz

 Dr. Christopher B. Jackson