On the design of electron guns for cyclotron resonance masers utilizing trochoidal electron beams (Trochotrons)

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 999-1004

  Lawson, Wes ^a   Garven, Morag ^a   Nusinovich, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON OPTICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MASERS; PERFORMANCE;

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASERS; DRIFT VELOCITY SPREAD; TROCHOIDAL ELECTRON BEAMS; TROCHOTRONS;

ELECTRON GUNS;

EID: 0030171365     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.533106     Document Type: Article

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