The principal subsystems of the NRL Modified Betatron Accelerator (MBA) have been designed. These subsystems include the air-core magnets, the mechanical structure, the vacuum system, the injector accelerator, and the pulse power capacitor banks. The MBA conceptl$2 uses an applied toroidal magnetic field, Be (2-5 kG) to improve the stability and confinement of a multikiloamp e-beam. Trapping of an injected beam will result from varying the Bz by a few Gauss during the first poloidal bounce period.Externally driven coils will compensate the diffusion of the self magnetic field to maintain equilibrium.
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