Charged particles traveling through a carbon nanotube can excite electromagnetic modes in the electron gas confined within the cylindrical graphene shell that forms the nanotube wall. This mechanism has recently been proposed as a promising approach for short-wavelength, high-gradient particle acceleration. In this work, we revisit the theoretical framework based on a linearized hydrodynamic...
The High-Power RF Laboratory at IFIC (Instituto de Física Corpuscular) is dedicated to advancing high-gradient radiofrequency (RF) technologies for linear accelerators, with a particular focus on medical applications such as hadrontherapy. This facility enables the development, testing, and conditioning of accelerating structures operating at high electric fields, which are essential for...
