Title :
Production of low-energy high-current electron beams in a reflected-discharge plasma-anode gun
Author :
Nazarov, D.S. ; Ozur, G.E. ; Proskurovsky, D.I.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of High-Current Electron., Acad. of Sci., Tomsk, Russia
fDate :
June 29 1997-July 2 1997
Abstract :
The paper presents the results of investigations on the formation and transportation of high-current electron beams with electron energies of up to 40 keV in the gun with plasma anode. It has been demonstrated that the use of a pulsed reflected (Penning) discharge for the creation of a plasma anode improves substantially the characteristics of the high-current electron beam sources as compared to the use of vacuum arcs. Tentative investigations of the regularities of the operation of a pulsed reflected discharge at currents of up to 300 A are also described.
Keywords :
Penning discharges; Penning ion sources; electron beams; plasma; plasma guns; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; vacuum arcs; 300 A; 40 keV; Penning discharge; discharge characteristics; low-energy high-current electron beams production; pulsed reflected discharge; reflected-discharge plasma-anode gun; vacuum arcs; Anodes; Cathodes; Electron beams; Particle beams; Plasma density; Plasma materials processing; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Plasma transport processes; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1997. Digest of Technical Papers. 1997 11th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4213-5
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1997.674587
