Accelerator machine installed inside the accelerator tank as shown in the picture. High voltage upto 15 million volts is generated in the centre portion known as terminal. The Pelletron accelerator can be operated upto 15 MV of terminal potential and can produce dc as well as pulsed beam of a variety of elements. The pelletron has been operational since July 1991. The Pelletron has unique features like compressed geometry accelerator tubes for higher terminal voltage, offset and matching quadruples for charge state selection inside high voltage terminal and elaborate pulsing system in the pre-accelerating region consisting of a beam chopper, a traveling wave deflector, a light ion buncher (for ions of 1- 80 AMU) and a heavy ion buncher(for ions of >80 AMU).
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