Accelerator Physics and Technology

The program is aimed at training specialists in the field of design and application of compact charged particle accelerators and is focused on practical training. The training features specialists and equipment of the Research and Production Laboratory of Pulsed Beam, Electrical Discharge and Plasma Technologies.

Students of the program will be involved in real engineering and scientific projects for customers from Russia, China, Iran and other countries, with the possibility of being employed in the laboratory at the same time as training. They will specialize in the field of radiation technologies, accelerator technology and electrophysical equipment.

Master students are trained in one of two specializations of the student's choice:

• Pulsed accelerators;

• Electrical engineering of pulsed accelerators.

As part of the class of 2023, some of the master's students will receive specialized training to participate in the development of pulsed electron accelerators for medical purposes on behalf of Rosatom Corporation.

Read more about the program here.

Resources

The educational program on Accelerator Physics and Technology by the School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies is taught based on modern material and technical resources providing a high level of laboratory, practical and lecture classes and research work of students based on the university’s curriculum. The program complies with sanitary and fire safety standards and regulations.

The resource base includes:

• Nanosecond electron accelerator TEU-500;

• Nanosecond ion accelerator TEMP-4M;

• Submicrosecond electron accelerator  Astra-M;

• Test benches for radiation technologies (electron beam treatment of liquids, gasses, solid surfaces);

• Alternating and direct high voltage test benches;

• High-voltage pulse generators of various designs with voltage up to 500 kV;

• Current pulse generators up to 200 kA;

• Benches for technological application of electric discharge technologies (treatment of aqueous solutions; destruction of rocks and artificial materials, production of metal nanopowders);

• Resources of educational portals of TPU schools and TPU Scientific and Technical Library;

• Classrooms for independent work of students, including computer labs; laboratories of scientific institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Internship opportunities

• Enterprises of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation;

• FGBUN Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Tomsk);

• Institute of Physics of Strength and Materials Science, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Tomsk);

• International intergovernmental organization Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna);

• Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (Sarov);

• Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics named after Academician E.I. Zababakhi (Snezhinsk).