INVESTIGATION OF NEW CONCEPTS FOR MICROWAVE POWER GENERATION (PLASMA STUDIES). Volume 1
Abstract
The design and construction, and preliminary experimental results, of a test vehicle for studying plasma electron beam interaction are described in associated Report A. Two connected chambers of the test vehicle, one at hydrogen pressures as high as 1/1000 Torr for generation of plasma and the other at pressures less than 1/100,000 Torr for the generation of a high-power electron beam in a convergent flow gun, are described. A demountable subassembly for generating the plasma and directly coupling S-band signals to and from the plasma and the electron beam by means of a cavity is described. The use of the cavities to diagnose the plasma is described in part, with a more detailed description being presented in associated Report B. The electron gun used to generate the 5-kv unity microperveance beam, having .20 in. diameter in semi-confined flow, is described. This beam is passed from the low-pressure gun chamber into the high-pressure plasma chamber. A beam scanner for studying the properties of the electron beam in the gas and plasma environment is also described. Use of this scanner to study the ion-induced beam oscillation is described in associated Report C.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0427003
Entities
Organizations
- Cornell University College of Engineering