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ble to breakdowns that limit the useful accelerating gradient,
typically to about 100 MeV/m.
The problem of an accelerating cavity can therefore be formulated as follows: as the rate of energy E change (accelerating gradient) increases, the surface of cavities gets damaged
with occasional breakdowns. The contradiction is therefore
between rate of E change (to be improved) and integrity (what
degrades).
Applying again principle 3 of AS-TRIZ, and replacing accelerating structure with plasma, we come to the well-known
concept of plasma acceleration, when an “accelerating structure” is temporarily produced in plasma by a driving laser
pulse.
By taking note of these three examples, we already can
start to fill in the AS-TRIZ contradiction matrix with inventive principles — see Table.1.6.
TABLE 1.6
Emerging AS-TRIZ contradiction matrix and indexes
of inventive principles
Improving parameter Parameter that deteriorates
... ... 9.Integrity
...
...
... ...
...
...
2.Rate of E change
... ...
3,...
...
...
... ...
...
...
6.Intensity
... ...
3,...
...
...
... ...
...
...
Many more examples related to TRIZ and AS-TRIZ will
be discussed in the following chapters. However, the style of
the book from this point on will change — the main text will
follow the standard style of scientific textbooks, while the occasional notes (primarily in the margins) will point out relevant connections to TRIZ. We will also use TRIZ in order to
highlight similarities between the three discussed subjects —
physics of accelerators, lasers and plasma.
These two parallel narratives, about science and about inventions, will eventually merge again in the final chapter,
where we will summarize our discussions about the art of
inventiveness and accelerator science.
1.8 Creativity
Use of TRIZ does not take away your creativity! It instead
strives to encourage and inspire you.
It helps to find potential solutions, narrowing down the
choices, but does not find the final answer for you. By arming
you with a considerably deep breadth of knowledge, TRIZ
FIGURE 1.24
Looking at the world through
the prism of TRIZ. Illustration
by Sasha Seraia.
ble to breakdowns that limit the useful accelerating gradient,
typically to about 100 MeV/m.
The problem of an accelerating cavity can therefore be formulated as follows: as the rate of energy E change (accelerating gradient) increases, the surface of cavities gets damaged
with occasional breakdowns. The contradiction is therefore
between rate of E change (to be improved) and integrity (what
degrades).
Applying again principle 3 of AS-TRIZ, and replacing accelerating structure with plasma, we come to the well-known
concept of plasma acceleration, when an “accelerating structure” is temporarily produced in plasma by a driving laser
pulse.
By taking note of these three examples, we already can
start to fill in the AS-TRIZ contradiction matrix with inventive principles — see Table.1.6.
TABLE 1.6
Emerging AS-TRIZ contradiction matrix and indexes
of inventive principles
Improving parameter Parameter that deteriorates
... ... 9.Integrity
...
...
... ...
...
...
2.Rate of E change
... ...
3,...
...
...
... ...
...
...
6.Intensity
... ...
3,...
...
...
... ...
...
...
Many more examples related to TRIZ and AS-TRIZ will
be discussed in the following chapters. However, the style of
the book from this point on will change — the main text will
follow the standard style of scientific textbooks, while the occasional notes (primarily in the margins) will point out relevant connections to TRIZ. We will also use TRIZ in order to
highlight similarities between the three discussed subjects —
physics of accelerators, lasers and plasma.
These two parallel narratives, about science and about inventions, will eventually merge again in the final chapter,
where we will summarize our discussions about the art of
inventiveness and accelerator science.
1.8 Creativity
Use of TRIZ does not take away your creativity! It instead
strives to encourage and inspire you.
It helps to find potential solutions, narrowing down the
choices, but does not find the final answer for you. By arming
you with a considerably deep breadth of knowledge, TRIZ
FIGURE 1.24
Looking at the world through
the prism of TRIZ. Illustration
by Sasha Seraia.