William W. Destler--E-prints: Recent submissions
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Application of intense relativistic electron beams to the switching of high currents in high power electrical networks
(American Institute of Physics, 1982-11)A new concept of switching of high currents using intense relativistic electron beams propagating in vacuum drift tubes is presented. Some possible applications of this concept for the design of current switches are ... -
Relativistic electron dynamics in a cusped magnetic field
(American Institute of Physics, 1974-08)Single-particle motion of relativistic electrons in a cusped magnetic field has been studied both analytically and experimentally. The Lagrangian formulation is used to solve for the electron trajectories in some simple ... -
Linear analysis of a finite length plasma-filled backward wave oscillator
(American Institute of Physics, 1992-04)Absolute instability in a plasma-filled backward wave oscillator with sinusoidally corrugated slow wave structure driven by an intense relativistic electron beam has been analyzed numerically. The maximum spatial growth ... -
Intense microwave generation from a non-neutral rotating E layer
(American Institute of Physics, 1981-04)The radiation produced by a hollow, non-neutral, rotating, relativistic E layer propagating inside a coaxial cylindrical drift tube has been investigated theoretically and experimentally. The measured radiation spectrum ... -
Production of positron emitting isotopes using a collective accelerator
(American Institute of Physics, 1983-02)Experimental studies of the production of C^11, N^13, 0^15, and F^18 by collective1y accelerated deuterons impinging on solid targets are presented. -
Charge-state measurements of collectively accelerated heavy ions
(American Institute of Physics, 1983-02)Thomson spectrometer measurements of the charge states of collectively accelerated light and heavy ions (H, D, He, N, Ne, Ar) are reported. Within experimental error, all charge states are accelerated to the same peak ... -
Experimental study of collective acceleration of ions from a localized gas cloud
(American Institute of Physics, 1981-02)The collective acceleration of ions (H, D, He, N, Ne; Ar, Kr, Xe) to peak energies of about 5 MeV/nucleon has been achieved using a 1.5-MeV, 35-kA, 30-ns electron beam pulse. Ion energies have been measured using ... -
Millimeter wave emission from a rotating electron ring in a rippled magnetic field
(American Institute of Physics, 1984-02-01)We report measurements of millimeter wave emission from a rotating relativistic electron ring (2 MY, 1 kA) in which electrons move in quasi-circular orbits under the combined action of a uniform axial magnetic field and ... -
Radial and axial compression of a hollow electron beam using an asymmetric magnetic cusp
(American Institute of Physics, 1977-09)The injection of hollow. relativistic electron beams through a narrow asymmetric magnetic cusp field has been investigated analytically. Preliminary experimental results are in good agreement with the analytical theory. -
Collective acceleration of carbon ions to 170 MeV
(American Institute of Physics, 1979-08-01)The collective acceleration of carbon ions to a peak energy in the range 170-200 MeV has been achieved using a 6-MeV 190-kA lOO-ns electron beam pulse generated by the Pulserad 1590 facility at Kirtland Air Force Base. ... -
Relativistic plasma microwave electronics: Studies of high-power plasma-filled backward-wave oscillators
(American Institute of Physics, 1992-07)The area of relativistic plasma microwave electronics has only recently generated renewed interest. New experimental data are presented demonstrating that the presence of a low-density background plasma in a relativistic ... -
Microwave generation from rotating electron beams in magnetron-type waveguides
(American Institute of Physics, 1983-07)The production of high power microwave radiation at high harmonics of the electron cyclotron frequency by the interaction of a rotating electron beam with a magnetron-type conducting boundary has been studied theoretically ... -
Introduction to the third special issue on high-power microwave generation
(IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics, 1990)No abstract found. -
Experimental study of millimeter wave radiation from a rotating electron beam in a rippled magnetic field
(American Institute of Physics, 1985-06)The generation of millimeter wave radiation from the interaction of a rotating electron beam (2 MeV, I kA, 5 nsec) with an azimuthally periodic wiggler magnetic field has been studied experimentally. Calculations of the ... -
Intense relativistic electron beam propagation in evacuated drift tubes
(American Institute of Physics, 1984-06)The propagation ofa magnetically confined intense relativistic electron beam (IREB) (I MeV, 27 kA, 20 ns FWHM) in vacuum drift tubes has been studied experimentally and theoretically. Experimental results for current ... -
Study of collective ion acceleration in vacuum
(American Institute of Physics, 1979-05)Theoretical and experimental studies of the collective acceleration of ions by a linear electron beam in an evacuated drift tube are presented. A one-dimensional theoretical model of the collective acceleration process ... -
Studies of the helix controlled beam front accelerator concept
(IEEE - Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1983-08)Helix controlled collective ion acceleration involves the use of a helical slow wave structure to control the propagation velocity of an intense relativistic electron beam front, in which ions could be trapped and accelerated ... -
High power microwave generation from rotating e-layers in magnetron-type conducting boundary systems
(IEEE - Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1983-08)Studies of the production of microwave and millimeter wave radiation at high harmonics of the relativistic electron cyclotron frequency by the interaction of a rotating E-layer with a multiresonator magnetron boundary ... -
Collective acceleration of heavy ions
(American Physical Society, 1980-01-14)Results of experiments on the collective acceleration of H, He, N, Ne, Ar, and Kr ions with an intense relativistic electron beam (1.5 MeV, 30 kA, 30 ns) are reported. Using time-of-flight diagnostics, we found that the ... -
Collective acceleration of light and heavy ions
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1981-06)The collective acceleration of ions (H, D, He, C, N, Ne, Al, Ar, Fe, Cu, Xe) from a well localized plasma immediately downstream of a relativistic electron beam diode is experimentally investigated. The ions are produced ...