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So if the tubes act as a faraday cage for 1/2 the frequency cycle, then that would mean the higher the frequency the shorter you can make the tubes ? But as the ion accelerates faster the tubes have to get progressively longer. So the diameter of the tubes don't matter much ? so ½ ν /c · c/f ≡...

I was wondering if anyone knew the formulas uses to calculate the length and size and spacings of the drift tubes used in accelerators, and the formula used to calculate the frequency the tube is driven at. Edit, looks like I put this in the wrong section, hopefully someone can move it.