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On the current of an annular electron beam with a virtual cathode in a drift tube

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2004

S.YA. BELOMYTTSEV
Affiliation:
Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Russia
A.A. GRISHKOV
Affiliation:
Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Russia
S.D. KOROVIN
Affiliation:
Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Russia
V.V. RYZHOV
Affiliation:
Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Russia

Abstract

It is shown that beyond a virtual cathode the current of a magnetized steady-state thin annular electron beam in a drift tube may range from zero to the limiting current of the tube.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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