Numerical Simulation of Relativistic Electron Beam Generation with a Foil Diode

Abstract

Atmospheric propagation experiments at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory utilize a 150 KA, 6 MV relativistic electron beam produced by field emission in a foil diode. To characterize the beam for the experiments requires an understanding of beam formation in the diode. To this end CCUBE, a sophisticated two-dimensional, time dependent, particle-in-cell code developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been used to simulate electron beam generation in a foil diode. Simulation results for two different cathode tip geometries are discussed. Comparisons with experiment are made.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA638396

Entities

People

  • Raymond W. Lemke

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Boundaries
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Field Emission
  • Geometry
  • Impedance
  • New Mexico
  • Particles
  • Pulsed Power
  • Simulations
  • Simulators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
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Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics