A sequentially pulsed traveling wave compact accelerator having two or more pulse forming lines each with a switch for producing a short acceleration pulse along a short length of a beam tube, and a trigger mechanism for sequentially triggering the switches so that a traveling axial electric field is produced along the beam tube in synchronism with an axially traversing pulsed beam of charged particles to serially impart energy to the particle beam.
I. REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of prior application Ser. No. 11/036,431, filed Jan. 14, 2005, which claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/536,943, filed Jan. 15, 2004; and this application also claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 60/730,128, 60/730,129, and 60/730,161, filed Oct. 24, 2005, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/798,016, filed May 4, 2006, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.
