EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A PSEUDOSPARK-PRODUCED HIGH-BRIGHTNESS ELECTRON-BEAM

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作者
JAIN, KK
BOGGASCH, E
REISER, M
RHEE, MJ
机构
[1] Laboratory for Plasma Research, University of Maryland, College Park
[2] Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik
[3] GSI-Darmstadt, D-6100, Darmstadt
来源
PHYSICS OF FLUIDS B-PLASMA PHYSICS | 1990年 / 2卷 / 10期
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D O I
10.1063/1.859513
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
A high-brightness electron beam produced by a six-gap pseudospark chamber operated in 5-25 kV voltage and 30-70 mTorr pressure ranges is experimentally investigated. The electron beam of current 150 A at an average energy of 20 keV and pulse duration of 10 nsec is extracted with a repetitive frequency of ∼ 10 Hz. The electron-beam current scales linearly with the breakdown voltage and about 20% of the stored energy is converted into the total beam energy. The time-integrated rms emittance of the electron beam is measured, and a typical value is found to be 65 mm mrad, yielding a normalized brightness of the beam Bn ≈ 2×1010 A/(m2 rad2). © 1990 American Institute of Physics.
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