Pondermotive confinement of ion beams in a cylindrical waveguide

Conference · Tue Jan 21 04:00:00 EST 1986 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5704357

Grebogi, C; Uhm, H S

Ion beam confinement by a pondermotive force is investigated. The beam is assumed to be propagating along a cylindrical drift tube and the ponderomotive force results from a fast oscillating TE/sub 01/ waveguide field. Formulas for the r.f. power and energy density in the waveguide needed to confine a solid ion beam are derived. Numerical estimates show that the amounts of r.f. power already available within the present technology are sufficient to confine ion beams with typical kinetic energy and typical density.

• Research Organization: Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20903-5000
• OSTI ID: 5704357
• Report Number(s): CONF-860510-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 152:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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