High-gain plasma Cerenkov Maser

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.29317· OSTI ID:5626880

Garate, E P; Fisher, A; Main, W

The linearized fluid and Maxwell's equations are used to calculate the dispersion relation for the transverse magnetic modes of a partially filled, plasma-lined, cylindrical waveguide interacting with a relativistic electron beam. Both the plasma liner and the electron beam are assumed to be cold and the system is immersed in an infinite axial magnetic guide field. The dispersion relation is then used to calculate the growth rate for the instability between the slow-wave modes (Trivelpiece-Gould modes) of the plasma guide and the slow-pace charge mode of the electron beam. The calculation is done in the high-gain, strong coupling limit.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Irvine, CA (USA). Dept. of Physics; General Dynamics Corp., Pomona Div., Pomona, CA (US)
• OSTI ID: 5626880
• Journal Information: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States) Vol. 25:7; ISSN IEJQA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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