Longitudinal expansion of space-charge dominated drifting beam bunches with a parabolic line charge density distribution

Journal Article · Mon Feb 08 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Applied Physics Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.108882· OSTI ID:6902375

Wang, J G; Wang, D X; Reiser, M ^[1]

---

1. Laboratory for Plasma Research and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)

An experiment was performed for the first time to demonstrate linear longitudinal space-charge forces on drifting electron beam bunches with a parabolic line charge density distribution. The parabolic electron beam bunch was produced by a gridded electron gun and guided into a short transport channel consisting of an induction acceleration module and three matching lenses. The time-resolved beam energy was measured at the end of the channel by both a retarding field energy analyzer and a deflecting field energy analyzer. The experimental results were compared with theory and good agreement was found.

• OSTI ID: 6902375
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters; (United States) Vol. 62:6; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
430200* -- Particle Accelerators-- Beam Dynamics
Field Calculations
& Ion Optics
661220 -- Particle Beam Production & Handling
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700411 -- Inertial Confinement Devices-- (1992-)
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BEAM BUNCHING
BEAM DYNAMICS
BEAM PROFILES
BEAM TRANSPORT
BEAMS
CONFINEMENT
ELECTRON BEAMS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
INSTABILITY
LEPTON BEAMS
PARTICLE BEAMS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
SPACE CHARGE
Ta
Targets-- (1992-)