Effects that limit efficiency in relativistic magnetrons

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 887-897

  Lemke, Raymond W ^a   Genoni, T C ^a   Spencer, Thomas A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE;

HIGH POWER MICROWAVES; PARTICLE IN CELL SIMULATION; RELATIVISTIC MAGNETRON; RISING SUN MAGNETRON;

MAGNETRONS;

EID: 0034197742     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.887745     Document Type: Article

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