Development of new generation software tools for simulation of electron beam formation in novel high power gyrotrons

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-101

  Sabchevski, S ^a   Zhelyazkov, I ^b   Benova, E ^b   Atanassov, V ^a   Dankov, P ^b   Thumm, M ^c,d   Dammertz, G ^d   Piosczyk, B ^c   Illy, S ^c   Tran, M Q ^e   Alberti, S ^e   Hogge, J Ph ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33747166521     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/44/1/011     Document Type: Article

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