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The Poukey‐Rostoker‐Model of Relativistic Electron Beam Propagation: Further Comments
Author(s) -
Hantzsche E.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
beiträge aus der plasmaphysik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0005-8025
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.19770170406
Subject(s) - relativistic electron beam , current (fluid) , beam (structure) , electron , constant (computer programming) , cathode ray , space charge , physics , computational physics , relativistic quantum chemistry , spacetime , constant current , atomic physics , optics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , computer science , programming language
Several properties of the analytic one‐dimensional model of relativistic electron beam propagation published by POUKEY and ROSTOKER [1] are discussed in the more realistic case of a time‐dependent current. The general beam behaviour is similar to that in the case of constant current; the time that is necessary to build up the space charge wall and the potential well (typically ≈ 1 ns) and the sheath thickness (typically a few cm) are evaluated in the case of constant current growth rate.