Slow space-charge wave propagation on a relativistic electron beam
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 50 (9) , 5603-5608
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.326755
Abstract
A description is presented of an experimental study of the growth and propagation of a large‐amplitude slow space‐charge wave on a weakly relativistic electron beam. The wave is grown as a result of an unstable interaction between a slow space‐charge wave on the electron beam, and the TM modes of a periodic waveguide. Following wave growth the modulated beam is propagated through a cylindrical waveguide. Experimental results show that we have grown, and can propagate, a coherent wave, having a peak electric field of 60 kV/cm, with a phase velocity of 0.29c. The results presented have application to the collective acceleration of ions in intense relativistic electron beams.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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