A Segmented Faraday Cup to Measure kA/cm2 Electron Beam Distributions

1 November 1972

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments

Vol. 43 (11) , 1654-1658
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1685516

Abstract

A segmented Faraday cup using 3.5 mm diam collectors has been used to measure electron beam current densities with incident power fluxes as high as 30 GW/cm². The detector system has a rise time of 1–2 nsec.

Keywords

CURRENT DENSITY
ELECTRON BEAM
PARTICLE ACCELERATION
ELECTRON DENSITY

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