The Georgia PEAcH: A Portable Electrostatic Accelerator

In collaboration with the University of North Georgia, we

are constructing a portable electrostatic ion accelerator

at Georgia College. It will use a model 2JA066280 R.F. ion

source from National Electrostatics Corporation to produce

ions from gaseous elements and a model AU-100N1 100 kV

power supply to produce the accelerating voltage. The linear

accelerator is less than 2 meters in length. The beam

energy will be roughly determined by the acceleration voltage.

The accelerator will be tested

through measurements of the 17 MeV γ-ray

produced from the ⁷Li(p,γ)⁸Be reaction.

Low energy proton-induced fusion reactions are envisioned

for both pure and applied physics research.