Argonne Accelerator Institute Members

Robert L. Kustom
Phone: 630-252-6533
E-mail address: rlk@aps.anl.gov
Division and group: Accelerator Systems Division/RF Group

Areas of Research Interest

Development of radio frequency systems for charged particle accelerators, design of charged particle accelerators for generation of intense x-ray and neutron sources, development of high power DC and pulsed power conversion systems, and development of short period (15 to 12 mm) superconducting undulators.

Selected List of Publications

S. H. Kim, R. L. Kustom, et al, “Development of a Short-Period Superconducting Undulator at the APS”, Proceedings of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, May 12-16, 2003
Robert L Kustom, “An Overview of the Spallation Neutron Source Project”, Proceedings of the LINAC2000 Conference, Volume 1, Monterey, California, August 21-25, 2000
R. Kustom, “Fixed-Field Alternating-Gradient Accelerators”, American Physical Society Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, May 2, 1996
R. L. Kustom, et al, “Microcavity Structures”, 17th International Linac Conference Proceedings, Tsukuba, Japan, August 21-26, 1994
R. Kustom, “APS RF System and Vacuum Chamber Impedance Measurements”, Symposium on the Accelerator Technology for the High Brilliance Synchrotron Radiation Sources, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 5-6, 1988
Robert L. Kustom, “Intense Pulsed Neutron Sources”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol NS-28, No. 3, June, 1981
Robert L. Kustom, “Thyristor Networks for the Transfer of Energy Between Superconducting Coils”, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI, 1980
Robert L. Kustom and Raymond E. Fuja, “Development of Microwave Discharge Spots in Neon and Helium Gas by Submicrosecond Pulses”, Journal of Applied Physics”, 47, Feb. 2, 1976
R. L. Kustom and R. E. Fuja, “A Uniform Field Microwave Discharge Chamber as a High-Energy Particle-Track Device”, Nuc. Instr, and Meth., 87,1970
R. L. Kustom, “Dielectric Loaded Waveguides as Particle Separators”, Nuc. Instr, and Meth., 87,1970