Theory, Simulations, and Experiments on Magnetically Insulated Line Oscillator (MILO) at the University of Michigan

A fundamental theoretical study of Brillouin flow has been applied to the design of a magnetically insulated line oscillator (MILO) for operation on the Michigan Electron Long Beam Accelerator (MELBA). MELBA applies -300 to -500 kV and up to 10's of kA for 0.3-1.0 $\mu $s. Simulations in CST-Particle Studio have been used to corroborate the theoretical predictions, and preliminary experiments on MELBA will be discussed. CST-PS has also been applied to gain understanding of a GW-class MILO for which experiments are planned to take place at UM [1]. [1] Packard et al, ``HFSS and CST Simulations of a GW-Class MILO'', IEEE T-PS, vol. 48, 1894, (2020).