High voltage particle accelerators using charge transfer processes

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE ACCELERATION OF CHARGED PARTICLES COMPRISING A SOURCE OF LOW VELOCITY POSITIVE IONS AND A CHARGE NEUTRALIZING DEVICE ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, A HIGH (WITH RESPECT TO SAID CHARGE NEUTRALIZING DEVICE) NEGATIVE VOLTAGE TERMINAL HAVING WITHIN IT AN ELECTRON ADDING DEVICE, A HIGH POSITIVE VOLTAGE TERMINAL HAVING AN ELECTRON STRIPPING DEVICE WITHIN IT, AND MEANS FOR CAUSING PARTICLES ORIGINATING IN SAID POSITIVE ION SOURCE SUCCESSIVELY TO TRAVEL THROUGH SAID CHARGE NEUTRALIZING DEVICE, SAID ELECTRON ADDING DEVICE, AND SAID ELECTRON STRIPPING DEVICE, WHEREBY SAID PARTICLES ORIGINATING IN SAID POSITIVE ION SOURCE ARE NEUTRALIZED TO PERMIT THEM TO REACH THE HIGH NEGATIVE VOLTAGE TERMINAL AT LOW VELOCITY, WHEREBY ELECTRONS ARE ADDED TO SAID NEUTRALS WITHIN SAID HIGH NEGATIVE VOLTAGE TERMINAL SO AS TO FORM NEGATIVE IONS WHICH ARE THEN ACCELERATED FROM SAID HIGH NEGATIVE VOLTAGE TERMINAL TO SAID HIGH POSITIVE VOLTAGE TERMINAL AND WHEREBY ELECTRONS ARE STRIPPED FROM SAID NEGATIVE IONS WITHIN SAID HIGH POSITIVE VOLTAGE TERMINAL SO AS TO FORM POSITIVE IONS WHICH ARE THEN ACCELERATED AWAY FROM SAID HIGH POSITIVE VOLTAGE TERMINAL.