PERIODIC MAGNETIC FOCUSING OF SHEET ELECTRON-BEAMS

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作者
BOOSKE, JH [1 ]
BASTEN, MA [1 ]
KUMBASAR, AH [1 ]
ANTONSEN, TM [1 ]
BIDWELL, SW [1 ]
CARMEL, Y [1 ]
DESTLER, WW [1 ]
GRANATSTEIN, VL [1 ]
RADACK, DJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND, PLASMA RES LAB, COLLEGE PK, MD 20742 USA
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D O I
10.1063/1.870675
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
Sheet electron beams focused by periodically cusped magnetic (PCM) fields are stable against low-frequency velocity-shear instabilities (such as the diocotron mode). This is in contrast to the more familiar unstable behavior in uniform solenoidal magnetic fields. A period-averaged analytic model shows that a PCM-focused beam is stabilized by ponderomotive forces for short PCM periods. Numerical particle simulations for a semi-infinite sheet beam verify this prediction and also indicate diocotron stability for long PCM periods is less constraining than providing for space-charge confinement and trajectory stability in the PCM focusing system. In this article the issue of beam matching and side focusing for sheet beams of finite width is also discussed. A review of past and present theoretical and experimental investigations of sheet-beam transport is presented.
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页码:1714 / 1720
页数:7
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