High-Power Microwave Source Requirements for a Relativistic Electron Accelerator.

Abstract

An estimate is made of the high-power microwave source intensity required to drive a relativistic electron accelerator of the type proposed some time ago by A. A. Kolomenskii and A. N. Lebedev. In this acceleration method, an external static magnetic guide field is chosen such that the particles are steered in such a way that the electric field of the microwave source performs positive work on them on the average. This calculation is intended only to provide a point of reference for this and other types of high-power microwave driven electron accelerators. Although the required intensity for the above approach exceeds present capabilities, intensive research in the development of new high-power microwave sources may change this. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122316

Entities

People

  • Howard E. Brandt

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

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Communities of Interest

  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Classification
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Accelerators
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Free Electrons
  • High Power Microwaves
  • Intensity
  • Lasers
  • Microwaves
  • Military Research
  • Radiation
  • Weapons

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  • Physics

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  • Systems Analysis and Design

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  • Directed Energy
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