ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
We report measurements of the ratio of the perpendicular velocity to the parallel velocity, α= v⊥ /v(parallel), of a relativistic electron beam gyrating in a magnetic field by the use of (1) Cerenkov emission from a glass plate, detected by a gated microchannel plate image intensifier camera, and (2) electron-beam-induced radiation darkening pattern on the same glass plate. The measurements are based on a direct determination of the Larmor radius of an electron beam of known energy. Experiments were performed on a long-pulse electron beam accelerator with e-beam diode parameters: VD = 0.6–0.9 MV, pulse length=0.5–1 μs, ID = 1–10 kA. The experimental value of α agrees with simulation results from particle trajectory codes as well as theoretical predictions from Busch's theorem and adiabatic theory.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1143321
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