Design and simulation of a thermionic cusp gun for a gyro-TWA

Rafferty, EG and He, W and Whyte, CG and Young, AR and Ronald, K and Cross, AW and Phelps, ADR and Thomson, JE; Abe, DK and Nusinovich, GS, eds. (2006) Design and simulation of a thermionic cusp gun for a gyro-TWA. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

A thermionic cusp gun is proposed for use in a 3 MW second harmonic X-band gyro-TWA with a helically corrugated waveguide interaction region. The passage of an electron beam through a non-adiabatic magnetic field reversal converts part of the electron beam's axial velocity into axis-encircling transverse velocity. The paper presents the design and simulation of this cusp-based electron gun, yielding a 12 MW, 81.5 A axis-encircling beam with an axial velocity spread Delta v(z) <15% suitable for use in harmonic gyro-devices.

ORCID iDs

Rafferty, EG, He, W ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-0527, Whyte, CG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5431-2443, Young, AR ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-1242, Ronald, K ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8585-0746, Cross, AW ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283, Phelps, ADR ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1100-1012 and Thomson, JE; Abe, DK and Nusinovich, GS
  • Item type:Conference or Workshop Item(Paper)
    ID code:31284
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    2006
    Published
    Notes:7th Workshop on High Energy Density and High Power RF, Kalamata, GREECE, JUN 13-17, 2005
    Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:02 Aug 2011 14:39
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 16:29
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/31284
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