Design and development of a focusing electromagnet for RF linac of a cargo scanner

Cargo scanning of contraband objects by high energetic X-rays requires compact and self-contained RF linacs. To achieve this goal, a 6 MeV, 700 W standing wave RF electron linac has been developed at Accelerator and Pulse Power Division, BARC. To obtain the image of scanned objects with good resolution requires a focused electron beam at the target. This paper presents the design, development and integration of a solenoid magnet with a compact RF linac and its performance with electron beam for cargo scanning applications.