3-D ICEPIC simulations of the relativistic klystron oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 821-829

  Blahovec Jr , Joseph D ^a   Bowers, Lester A ^a   Luginsland, John W ^a   Sasser, Gerald E ^a   Watrous, John J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; KLYSTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

MAGNETICALLY INSULATED LINE OSCILLATOR; PARTICLE IN CELL CODE; RELATIVISTIC KLYSTRON OSCILLATOR;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0034197669     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.887733     Document Type: Article

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