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← ScienceWhich risk increases significantly within a particle accelerator when the accelerating electric field gradient exceeds the Kilpatrick limit?
A)Vacuum pressure remains unstable indefinitely
B)RF breakdown impairs beam acceleration✓
C)Synchrotron radiation sharply reduces
D)Beam emittance spontaneously focuses tighter
💡 Explanation
RF breakdown increases because field emission causes explosive electron emission from the metal surfaces, leading to ionization and plasma formation. Therefore, RF breakdown impairs beam acceleration, rather than synchrotron radiation decreasing or vacuum instability, which relate to other accelerator constraints.
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