Microwave generation from an electron horseshoe distribution: theory and experiment

Ronald, K. and Phelps, A.D.R. and Bingham, R. and Speirs, David and Cross, A.W. and Vorgul, I. and Cairns, R.A. and Kellett, B.J. and Whyte, C.G. and Robertson, Craig; (2006) Microwave generation from an electron horseshoe distribution: theory and experiment. In: High Energy Density and High Power RF. American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 807 . American Institute of Physics, Melville, N.Y, USA, pp. 246-251. ISBN 0735402981

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Abstract

When a beam of electrons encounters an increasing magnetic field along its vector of motion, conservation of the magnetic moment results in the formation of a crescent or horseshoe-shaped velocity distribution. A scenario analogous to this occurs in the terrestrial auroral zone where particles are accelerated into the polar regions of the earth's magnetic dipole and expand adiabatically in velocity space. The resultant horseshoe-shaped velocity distribution has been shown to be unstable to a cyclotron-maser type instability [1-3]. This instability has been postulated as the mechanism responsible for auroral kilometric radiation and also nonthermal radiation from other astrophysical bodies [4]. In this paper we describe both theory, simulations and a laboratory experiment to investigate the generation of microwave radiation when an electron beam is magnetically compressed by a factor of 35.

ORCID iDs

Ronald, K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8585-0746, Phelps, A.D.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1100-1012, Bingham, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9843-7635, Speirs, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5705-6126, Cross, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283, Vorgul, I., Cairns, R.A., Kellett, B.J., Whyte, C.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5431-2443 and Robertson, Craig ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-466X;
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    ID code:18167
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    2006
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    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
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    Date deposited:11 May 2010 14:09
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