Energy loss of a relativistic electron beam during transport

Author

de Haan, P.H. ; Hopraan, H.J. ; Janssen, G.C.A.M. ; Granneman, Ernst H. A. ; Strelkov, P.S.

Author_Institution

FOM-Inst. for Atomic & Mol. Phys., Amsterdam, Netherlands

Volume

1

fYear

1979

fDate

3-6 July 1979

Firstpage

123

Lastpage

132

Abstract

In the pressure range (1-5)×10^- torr (H₂) the propagation of the beam breaks off halfway the current pulse. This disruption disappears once the pressure and/or the type of gas is chosen such that sufficient current neutralization takes place from the beginning of the pulse. In the same pressure range (H₂) there is a coherent shift of the beam energy distribution of roughly 100 keV. This can be explained in terms of space charge neutralization of the virtual cathode potential well. At high pressures (1.4 torr) the beam velocity angle scattering is much larger than can be explained by a theoretical estimate.

Keywords

hydrogen; plasma beam injection heating; plasma-beam interactions; relativistic electron beams; H₂; beam energy distribution; coherent shift; current neutralization; energy loss; pressure 0.010 torr to 2 torr; pressure 0.1 torr to 500 torr; relativistic electron beam transport; space charge neutralization; virtual cathode; Containers; Hydrogen; Magnetic field measurement; Particle beams; Plasma measurements; Plasmas; X-rays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High-Power Electron and Ion Beam Research & Technology, 1979 3rd International Topical Conference on

Conference_Location

Novosibirsk

Type

conf

Filename

6405156