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Stability of Brillouin flow in the presence of slow-wave structure.

Authors :
Simon, D. H.
Lau, Y. Y.
Greening, G.
Wong, P.
Hoff, B.
Gilgenbach, R. M.
Source :
Physics of Plasmas. 2016, Vol. 23 Issue 9, p1-9. 9p. 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 7 Graphs.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Including a slow-wave structure (SWS) on the anode in the conventional, planar, and inverted magnetron, we systematically study the linear stability of Brillouin flow, which is the prevalent flow in crossed-field devices. The analytic treatment is fully relativistic and fully electromagnetic, and it incorporates the equilibrium density profile, flow profile, and electric field and magnetic field profiles in the linear stability analysis. Using parameters similar to the University of Michigan's recirculating planar magnetron, the numerical data show that the resonant interaction of the vacuum circuit mode and the corresponding smooth-bore diocotron-like mode is the dominant cause for instability. This resonant interaction is far more important than the intrinsic negative (positive) mass property of electrons in the inverted (conventional) magnetron geometry. It is absent in either the smooth-bore magnetron or under the electrostatic assumption, one or both of which was almost always adopted in prior analytical formulation. This resonant interaction severely restricts the wavenumber for instability to the narrow range in which the cold tube frequency of the SWS is within a few percent of the corresponding smooth bore diocotron-like mode in the Brillouin flow. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1070664X
Volume :
23
Issue :
9
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Physics of Plasmas
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
118581971
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4961917