Abstract
The high-voltage electron source with a plasma emitter described is based on two gas-discharge chambers set up coaxially on the ends of an expander. Electrons are extracted in a direction perpendicular to the general axis of the chamber through an emission window installed in the side wall of the expander. A beam measuring 60 multiplied by 15 cm with a nonuniformity less than equivalent to plus or minus 10% in the distribution of the current density over the cross section is brought out into the atmosphere. With an accelerating voltage of 250 kV, a current-pulse repetition rate of 20 Hz, and a pulse duration of 30 mu sec, the current density in the vacuum gap is 35 mA/cm**2.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 727-730 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Instruments and experimental techniques New York |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 3 pt 2 |
| Publication status | Published - May 1981 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Instrumentation
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Gavrilov, N. V., Koval'chuk, B. M., Kreindel', Y. E., Tolkachev, V. S., & Shchanin, P. M. (1981). HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRON SOURCE WITH PLASMA EMITTER FOR FORMING BEAMS WITH A LARGE CROSS SECTION. Instruments and experimental techniques New York, 24(3 pt 2), 727-730.