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Self-Magnetically Insulated Transmission Line ( SMILE'') a new version for the RADLAC II linear accelerator
We present here the SMILE modification of the RADLAC II accelerator which enabled us to produce high quality 12--14 MV, 100 kA beams. It consists of replacing the 40-kA 4-MV beam injector, magnetic vacuum transport and accelerating gaps by a long cathode shank which adds up the voltages of the 8 pulse forming lines. The beam now is produced at the end of the accelerator and is free of all the possible instabilities associated with accelerating gaps and magnetic vacuum transport. Annular beams with {beta}{perpendicular} {le} 0.1 and radius r{sub b} {le} 2 cm are routinely obtained and extracted from a small magnetically immersed foilless electron diode. Results of the experimental evaluation are presented and compared with design parameters and numerical simulation predictions. 6 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab.