Design of a magnetron injection gun for a 670-GHz 300-kW gyrotron

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12 PART 2, 2011, Pages 3337-3344

  Kesar, Amit S ^a,b   Petillo, John J ^c   Nusinovich, Gregory S ^a   Herrmannsfeldt, William Bill ^d   Granatstein, Victor L ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gyrotrons; magnetron injection guns (MIGs)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATING VOLTAGES; BEAM CURRENTS; CATHODE SURFACE; COIL DESIGNS; CRITICAL PARAMETER; CYCLOTRON HARMONICS; EMITTER SURFACES; MAGNETIC COMPRESSION; MAGNETRON INJECTION GUN; MAGNETRON INJECTION GUNS (MIGS); MAXIMUM ELECTRIC FIELD; MICHELLE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PITCH RATIO; SIMULATION CODE; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; TILTING ANGLE; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND;

CATHODES; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); DESIGN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETRONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 83855162207     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2170436     Document Type: Article

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