EFFECT OF LONGITUDINAL SPACE-CHARGE WAVES OF A HELICAL RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON-BEAM ON THE CYCLOTRON MASER INSTABILITY

被引:8
作者
CHEN, C
DANLY, BG
SHVETS, G
WURTELE, JS
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[1] Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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10.1109/27.142814
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The influence of the longitudinal space-charge waves of a coherently gyrophased, helical relativistic electron beam on the cyclotron maser instability is investigated in a cylindrical waveguide configuration using a three-dimensional kinetic theory. A dispersion relation that includes waveguide effects is derived. The stability properties of the cyclotron maser interaction are examined in detail. It is shown that, in general, the effects of space-charge waves on a coherently gyrophased beam are suppressed in a waveguide geometry, in comparison with an ideal one-dimensional cyclotron maser with similar beam parameters.
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