Current emission, resistive losses, and other challenging problems in the simulation of high power microwave components

30th Plasmadynamic and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

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

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NUMEREX   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY; CONDUCTING SURFACES; HIGH POWER MICROWAVES; MAGNETICALLY INSULATED LINE OSCILLATORS (MILO); PARTICLE-IN-CELL TECHNIQUES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RELATIVISTIC KLYSTRON; SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED EMISSIONS;

PLASMA SIMULATION;

EID: 84964039239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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