Interaction of a Relativistic Electron Beam with a Plasma

The dispersion relation for the interaction of a relativistic electron beam in a thermal plasma, in the absence of an external magnetic field, is studied. It is shown that there are two distinct beam-plasma branches present, and that one of them couples to the electromagnetic eigenmode of the beam-plasma system with a magnetic field and a Poynting flux associated with it. It is also shown that these branches can couple together.     

相对论电子束对波的相速的影响

在小信号情况下研究了相对论电子束对加速器微波相速的影响.首次提出了电子束流的介质等效的思想,并建立了等效的相对介电常数的计算公式.同时,建立了考虑小信号下相对论电子束的盘荷波导的简化色散方程.     

Gyrotron Backward Wave Oscillator Experiments with a Relativistic Electron Beam Using an X-Band Rectangular Waveguide

A mildly relativistic electron beam (500keV, 200A, 10ns) injected into an X-band rectangular waveguide immersed in a uniform axial magnetic field (4-10kG) produced magnetically tunable microwave radiation in the 9-13 GHz frequency range with an estimated output power of 1MW. The frequency range and tunability of the radiated microwave agreed with a theoretical model for a gyrotron backward wave oscillator taking into account the low energy component of the beam electron.     

Coupling Instability of a Warm Relativistic Electron Beam with Ion-Channel Guiding

In this paper, the coupling instability of warm relativistic electron beam (WREB) propagating through the ion channel guiding is investigated in detail. Obtaining the equilibrium state of the system by considering the self-electric and azimuthal magnetic field, the fluid-Maxwell equations as well as linear perturbation theory are employed to derive the dispersion relation of the excited modes in the system. Numerical analysis of the obtained dispersion relation shows that the electromagnetic (EM) instability can be induced nearly the center of the beam through coupling between the fast electron plasma wave (FEPW), originated from the longitudinal oscillation of WREB, and fast forward electromagnetic wave (FFEW). In this sense, growing the perturbation amplitude occurs due to transport the kinetic energy of WREB to the EM wave at the specific frequency range, where the phase velocity of FEPW and FFEW is coincided. The results of the present investigation will greatly contribute to the understanding of the stability of the warm relativistic electron beam in laboratory experiments, such as in free electron laser experiments, where the ion-channel guiding is used to confine the electrons against the self-repulsive forces generated by the beam itself.     

Microsecond Microwave Radiation Bursts from a Relativistic Electron Beam Rotating in a Plasma

Coherent curvature radiation from an intense relativistic electron beam rotating in a plasma yielded in the past [1] only very short bursts of microwave radiation. Here we report on extension of the microwave-burst duration to the full width of the beam pulse for two different electron beams: a) 1 MV, 50 kA, 110 ns b) 0.6 MW, 15 kA, 1 , ?s. We show that the short bursts in the past resulted from sudden changes in the plasma density caused by ionization of neutrals, present in the drift tube, by the beam itself. This density change caused a shift away from the resonance condition necessary for coherent radiation. The extension of the pulsewidth was achieved by introducing a plasma gun which did not emit many neutrals. The radiation is mostly in the Ka band (? ? 1 cm) and the power level was ~1 MW.     

Study of Electron Beam Misalignment in a Submillimeter Wave Gyrotron

Electron beam misalignment in a submillimeter-wave gyrotron strongly affects its total efficiency as well as excitation of rotating and counterrotating modes. Some of misalignment phenomena were studied theoretically and experimentally.     

Surface Wave Generation in a Solid State Plasma by Relativistic Electron Beams

The linear and nonlinear theory of the surface wave generation in solid-state plasma by a relativistic electron beam propagating in a gaseous plasma is treated. The proposed scheme is in better agreement with the conditions of real experiment. Besides, the neutralization of beam charge is possible and the oscillation frequency and its stability increase, etc. A nonlinear analysis permits to obtain the estimation of efficiency of the beam interaction with the surface wave and a number of other characteristics of the system.     

Modulational Instability of Ion-Acoustic Waves in a Warm Plasma with a Relativistic Electron Beam

The modulational instability of ion-acoustic wave in a collisionless, unmagnetized plasma consisting ofwarm ions, hot isothermal electrons, and relativistic electron beam is studied. A modified nonlinear Schrodinger equationincluding one additional term that comes from the effect of relativistic electron beam is derived. It is found that theinclusion of a relativistic electron beam would modify the modulational instability of the wave packet and could notadmit any stationary soliton waves.     

The Electrostatic Trapping of an Intense Relativistic Electron Beam in a Magnetic Mirror

Observations of rapid axial oscillations of an intense relativistic electron beam in a magnetic mirror are reported. The mirror field primarily provides radial confinement of the relativistic electrons. The axial confinement was achieved by placing thin aluminized mylar foils at the conjugate mirror field maxima. The region between these foils was filled with a few Torr air to provide a beam induced plasma for charge and current neutralization. The regions outside these foils were maintained at ~10-4 Torr. One foil formed the anode of a space-charge limited relativistic electron diode which launched the beam into the mirror. When the beam passed through the second foil it was no longer charge neutralized. In a manner quite similar to the anode foil oscillations observed by others, a space-charge limited electrostatic well was established which stopped the electrons and re-accelerated them through the foil-thereby reflecting the beam. When the reflected electrons re-entered the diode, they were once again "electrostatically" reflected. This process continued until the oscillating beam was either lost through the "virtual cathodes" outside the foils, dissipated in the drift region or quenched in the diode plasma after gap closure.     

X-Ray Bremsstrahlung Measurements of an Intense Relativistic Electron Beam Propagating in a Plasma

Information on the peak electron energy, angular spread, and current density of a relativistic electron beam propagating in a plasma column is obtained from measurements of two-absorber transmission ratios, anistropy, and intensity, respectively, of x-ray bremsstrahlung from thin target foils in the plasma. Measurements indicate a 10% loss in peak electron energy and a factor of two loss in peak beam intensity over the distance of the plasma column, and show a large angular spread in the beam.     

重复Tesla变压器型相对论电子束加速器的初步试验

研制了一台重复率 Tesla型相对论电子束加速器。空心 Tesla变压器对充油Blumlein传输线充电 ;主开关为自击穿油间隙 ;二极管为平面阴极有箔二极管。试验在重复率为 0 .2 Hz和 1 Hz下分别进行。当重复率为 0 .2 Hz时 ,加速器连续重复放电 70次以上。二极管电压幅值 3 0 0 k V,脉宽 3 0 ns,上升沿约     

On the Plasma Beam Instability of the Space Limited Electron Beam in a Magnetic Field

The present paper considers the plasma-beam instability of a space limited electron beam in a strong magnetic field (ω_H ? ω_o). The form of the beam was taken to be both cylindrical and plane. The threshold of the non-linear regime turned out to be weakly dependent on the beam form and independent of the magnetic field intensity. It is defined by the current and the directed velocity of the beam particles.     

Phase Operator Theory for an Electron Moving in a Uniform Magnetic Field

We show that the newly found complete and orthonormal representation <λ|, which is constructed in terms of guiding centers and canonical momenta of an electron moving in a uniform magnetic field, also helps us to establish a systematic phase operator theory. The unitary phase operator, interpreted as a quantity canonically conjugated to the electron angular momentum, manifestly exhibits in the <λ| representation its phase behavior. As a byproduct, the phase distribution function, in the correct sense of probability in quantum mechanics, can also be defined by the <λ| representation.     

Effect of External Longitudinal Electric Field on Tracking Force upon the Interaction of a Relativistic Electron Beam with the Ion Channel in the Ion Focusing Regime

Technical Physics - It has been shown that, in the presence of a longitudinal external electric field, the magnitude of the tracking or detracking force that emerges during the acceleration or...     

The Calculation of the Tracking Force in the Evolution of the Resistive Hose Instability of a Relativistic Electron Beam

We have analyzed the tacking force exerted by a low-conductivity Ohmic plasma channel on a relativistic electron beam. It has been shown that, for the given type of evolution of the resistive hose instability of the beam along its pulse, this force substantially depends on the frequency and the increment of the increase in the given instability.     

原子束在慢波场中的多普勒频移的观察

报道了在慢波场中原子波谱多普勒频移随微波慢波系数的变化，并讨论产生这种现象的原因，实验中观察到慢波场中的原子多普勒频移现象，给出了钠原子在慢小系数分别为５．２０和１０．６７情况下的微波波谱，证实了原子微波慢波波谱中多普勒频移正比于慢波系数。     

Calculation of the Wave Function for the Ground Electron State in a Dipole Field

The wave function for the ground electron state in a dipole field is obtained based on the variational method. This function allows all the specific features of the examined system to be considered, for example, the impossibility of electron localization on the negative dipole charge. This function is expected to have good accuracy when the dipole moment D 3a ₀ e, where a ₀ is the Bohr radius and e is the electron charge.     

不均匀磁场中的静磁波传播和导波光衍射理论

理论研究了不均匀静磁场对静磁体波传播和导波光布拉格衍射特性的影响。计算表明,在场强不均匀磁场中,静磁体波的振幅有所增加,从而可以明显提高导波光的布拉各衍射效率。此外,有望通过不均匀静磁场来控制衍射光的发散。