Title :
A Force-Balance Scaling for Charged Particle Beam Current
Abstract :
A limiting current for cold, relativistic, charged particle beams is derived. Arbitrary rotation and axial flow profiles are allowed. Only force balance is required. A comparison with the usual Brillouin condition reveals a significantly more restrictive scaling for ambitious beam parameters.
Keywords :
Current density; Equations; Microwave devices; Microwave generation; Microwave propagation; Orbits; Particle accelerators; Particle beams; Steady-state; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.1985.4316350
