Operating Modes of Relativistic Rising-Sun and A6 Magnetrons

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 237-248

  Treado, Todd A ^a   Doggett, Wesley O ^a   Thomas, Gary E ^b   Smith, Richard S ^b   Jackson Ford, Jeanne ^b   Jenkins, David J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - FREQUENCY; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS - RESONANCE; MICROWAVES - ANALYSIS;

AZIMUTHAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; BUNEMAN-HARTREE THRESHOLD CALCULATION; RELATIVISTIC 16-VANE RISING-SUN MAGNETRON;

ELECTRON TUBES, MAGNETRON;

EID: 0023999345     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.3820     Document Type: Article

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