Formation of an Electron Beam in Helium at Elevated Pressure

Abstract

There exist many papers devoted to investigations of X-ray radiation and electron beams formed in gases at elevated pressures (see 1, and references to this paper). However, electron beams with high current density and efficiency is actually achieved at relatively small gas pressures 2,3. A number of papers report on accelerated electrons obtained at pressure of about 1 atm, still there are either small current and e-beam densities realized 1. This work was aimed at theoretical and experimental study of the probability to obtain high e-beam current at elevated pressure values of helium.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 2003
Accession Number
ADP015036

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People

  • A. N. Tkachov
  • S. B. Alekseev
  • S. I. Yakovlenko
  • V. F. Tarasenko
  • V. M. Orlovskii

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Current Density
  • Diameters
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Gases
  • Generators
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Ionization
  • Ionized Gases
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Radiation
  • Short Circuits
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Voltage
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics