Beam Propagation Experimental Study.

Abstract

A program of extensively diagnosed experiments to investigate the physics of intense relativistic electron beam propagation in air has been performed using beam generators at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory. The primary objectives of his research were to measure the rate of erosion of the head of the beam, and to investigate resistive instabilities, such as the hose and hollowing modes, that limit the transport of beam energy over significant distances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA133310

Entities

People

  • B. A. Sabol
  • C. A. Ekdahl
  • G. F. Kiuttu
  • R. J. Adler
  • W. Bostick

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Current Density
  • Densitometers
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • High Pressure
  • Ionization
  • Lepidoptera
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Scattering
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics